Re: Voice versus Action


Subject: Re: Voice versus Action
From: Hugi von Baz (bananafish@bitte.net)
Date: Fri Nov 02 2001 - 08:47:05 GMT


Hi,

> characters like Buddy Glass. Students who don't care or simply cannot create
> any worthwhile characters rely on death, drugs, and sex to create
> streamlined stories that are close to worthless. I would love to see more
> emphasis placed on the creation of voice in narratives, but maybe that's
> just me. So I was curious to know how everyone else fee;s. What's more
> important, voice or action? Would you rather read a plot heavy novel or
> listen to the off-topic ramblings of a narrator who doesn't rely on
> "action?" Thanks in advance for your opinions.

It's not too bad to concentrate on a plot for a start. There is a very
fine plot even in "Seymour, an introduction", I find. If you have a good
plot, you can make an ok story out of it.

It's a thousand times harder to form an authentic character that fits into
a story line. If I were to write something like "Seymour", most people will
quit reading after the first half page.

There are so many books out with bad characters as well as bad plots. There-
for I think it is good to concentrate on a plot. If you have a really fine
plot, it's not that easy to completely spoil the story.

hugi
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