"by that approach writers risk becoming flavours." But they are, to some extent. I know (at least when it comes to fiction) that I initially goes for contents but that my focus shifts to prose and story telling skill in my choise of if I will read him or her again. In other words, it's not the story but how you tell it that matters. Unless the person just keeps telling the same story over and over.
"but does that really justify an endless stream of vampire novels? I don't think so." Me neither, but as you pointed out in the next quote, it depends on your intentions, if as you say.
"But, still, the trick is to bring something new to the undertaking or at least a convincing illusion of something new." Then I don't think that you should change (the story in your mind) just because the setting you happen to see has been, lets say over worked.
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Re: haunted
Date: 2004-11-08 11:36 pm (UTC)But they are, to some extent. I know (at least when it
comes to fiction) that I initially goes for contents but
that my focus shifts to prose and story telling skill in my
choise of if I will read him or her again. In other words, it's
not the story but how you tell it that matters. Unless the person just
keeps telling the same story over and over.
"but does that really justify an endless stream of vampire novels? I don't think so."
Me neither, but as you pointed out in the next quote, it depends
on your intentions, if as you say.
"But, still, the trick is to bring something new to the undertaking or at least a convincing illusion of something new."
Then I don't think that you should change (the story in your mind)
just because the setting you happen to see has been, lets say over worked.