----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: Re: Stephan King
> > > > >From: "Amanda Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Stephan King > >Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 07:32:05 -0600 > > > >1. King is a better storyteller than he is a writer. His plots can be > >fascinating and compelling. Unfortunately he indiscriminately adds details > >about every thing including the kitchen sink, which can make the writing > >very > >hard to slog through. > > > >Amanda > >Just my two cents Maru > >(And no, I haven't read King's book on writing yet.) > > > > Good point. Especially since it helps validate my point of view!!<lol> > Compare that to Anne Rice's work, which yes, can be tedious and > indiscriminately detailed, but it's GOOD. > As much as I like Rice's books, they can be so detailed that they get boring. I really care very little about knowing the most intimate details about every characters wardrobe. Her books have so much detail that it seems almost to be filler to get the word count up. Most of her books can be summarized in a short paragraph. Frex: Lestat de Lioncourt is cruelly made a vampire by a stranger who then kills himself. He makes a lot of mistakes, tell his side of the story from "Interview With A Vampire", meets Marius who tells his tale, drinks the blood of The Queen Of The Damned, and becomes a rock star. Extreme simplification, but then its just a fictional biography with very little plot as compared with her other books. BTW, I thought Blackwood Farm was excellent. xponent Wordy Gurdy Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
