The foray into epistolary writing--the usage of letters or journal entries (or in modern times, emails) to tell a story--is going fairly well. It's surprising how easily you can get to the mindset of a character, even when you don't have a lot of that character mapped out.
While searching for more tips on epistolary writing, I've found some sites that really give a better perspective on what appears to be a dying writing tradition. If you're trying to write epistolary writing, hopefully these can give you some pointers.
http://www.yahighway.com/2011/04/epistolary-novels-and-why-they-are.html
http://tmarchini.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/epistolary/ (this site is specifically about epistolary novels involving letters; I'm using journal entries, which are also allowed.)
http://www.ehow.com/how_8139030_write-effective-epistolary-narrative.html
If you're a Harry Potter fan, you might find this interesting: http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Epistolary_HP_fics_of_all_varieties_and_pairings_slash_and_het_included/90763/
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Wow! Absence!
I've been away from this blog for a long time. It's about time I started using it again.
I've been filling this blog with some filler stuff from my other site in the meanwhile, but I do have some important news to discuss. I've finally figured out how I'm going to tackle this book. I'm writing real-life journals of each of the characters. Basically, I'm role-playing in these journals as each of my characters, a notebook (or however many pages it takes to get to the end of the story) for each character .
It's a little daunting to think of writing journals for 10 people (perhaps a few more!) but I'm going to do it. At the very least, I'll know them much more intimately than I do now. Perhaps I'll put up snippets of my characters' journal entries on the site to pique interest.
Also, I hope to have some pictures done soon, so hopefully I'll be able to fill this blog up with some of my own artwork about the book. All in due time.
I've been filling this blog with some filler stuff from my other site in the meanwhile, but I do have some important news to discuss. I've finally figured out how I'm going to tackle this book. I'm writing real-life journals of each of the characters. Basically, I'm role-playing in these journals as each of my characters, a notebook (or however many pages it takes to get to the end of the story) for each character .
It's a little daunting to think of writing journals for 10 people (perhaps a few more!) but I'm going to do it. At the very least, I'll know them much more intimately than I do now. Perhaps I'll put up snippets of my characters' journal entries on the site to pique interest.
Also, I hope to have some pictures done soon, so hopefully I'll be able to fill this blog up with some of my own artwork about the book. All in due time.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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