tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post7619474750783072537..comments2023-08-25T02:57:10.826-06:00Comments on My So-Called Life: On Writing, a memoir of the craftBekkieannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13058996951400003081noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-47184039997107040272009-11-01T09:35:42.851-07:002009-11-01T09:35:42.851-07:00I have to get this book.I have written three novel...I have to get this book.<br><br>I have written three novels and even had an agent for a while and the head injury intervened. I agree with him about not plotting.<br><br>Characters if real enough take over the book at some point anyway so plot be damned.<br><br>It is never good to start with a Stephen King film. There have been two of his books I could not read - Misery was one of them. But his books are long because he balances terror with an almost childish joy of his subject. Movies made from his books seem to cut out the joy and leave the unrelieved terror.Jacqui Binford-Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134423070092222259.post-90353252163582691122009-11-01T09:39:18.605-07:002009-11-01T09:39:18.605-07:00I may need to pick up Danse Macabre as well. I ga...I may need to pick up Danse Macabre as well. I gained so much insight from this one.Becky Staufferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13058996951400003081noreply@blogger.com