tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post2197263548017786371..comments2024-03-28T17:36:10.591-07:00Comments on Yvonne Osborne's Writing Blog: The Lifeblood of FictionYvonne Osbornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-12563971765559714792010-08-08T05:06:20.418-07:002010-08-08T05:06:20.418-07:00Helen,
Thanks.
Carol.
I'm late to Faulker. I...Helen,<br />Thanks. <br /><br />Carol.<br />I'm late to Faulker. I think I tried a long time ago and gave up. He's definitely worth the effort and this is one of those books I can't imagine reading on a Kindle because I had to keep going back, writing in the margins, and re-reading passages. Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />A.M. Kuska,<br />That is interesting. A play with characters so pathetic you wanted to go out and do the complete oppposite of the behavior they were trying to encourage. I think you're right....bad characters can be as hard to forget as the good ones. Thanks for commenting!! <br /><br />Cat,<br />Exactly. Time. Time. Time. It all comes back to the ticking clock. The unbroken clock. The symbolism of time and clocks is used by Faulker in this book a lot. Thank you.Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-75183681524337548102010-08-06T20:22:12.965-07:002010-08-06T20:22:12.965-07:00Thanks for the review and the honest opinion on ch...Thanks for the review and the honest opinion on character. If I don't connect with a character, I will no longer keep reading. My time is too short to ignore my family for indidfference.<br /><br />hugs~Cat Woodshttp://www.catwoods.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-36689918563680684352010-08-06T12:37:18.886-07:002010-08-06T12:37:18.886-07:00Sometimes even great authors just plain miss. I sa...Sometimes even great authors just plain miss. I saw a play about saving the Earth a few years ago, and let me tell you...I recycle. I use energy saving light bulbs, but all I wanted to do after watching that save-the-earth special was to run through my house, flip on every light, and dump all my carefully sorted cans and bottles in the trash. It wasn't the intent of the play, and I know it was a heartfelt attempt to convert the sinners of the world into erasing their carbon footprint, but it didn't work. The characters were just too painful.<br /><br />I will never forget those characters, and their attitude. >_> If you can forget, I'll be very surprised.A.M. Kuskahttp://amkuska.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-61820094865261095392010-08-05T17:08:30.436-07:002010-08-05T17:08:30.436-07:00That's so hard when you struggle with a book! ...That's so hard when you struggle with a book! You definitely have to feel something for the character. If you're unable to invest yourself in him/her, then you can't get much out of it.<br /><br />But Faulkner was just brilliant, wasn't he? I used to eat and sleep his words when I was in college. Pure genius.Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-53329717167815925222010-08-05T06:41:39.262-07:002010-08-05T06:41:39.262-07:00So true, Yvonne. I've not read Solar, and afte...So true, Yvonne. I've not read Solar, and after this, I'm sure I won't. Your readers need to react to your characters, love them, hate them, relate to them, see themselves in them, or react to them in some way that makes them want to read instead of going to sleep. That's what we strive for as we write.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-68970184395136376532010-08-04T19:53:54.469-07:002010-08-04T19:53:54.469-07:00Tricia,
I just couldn't get over how uninteres...Tricia,<br />I just couldn't get over how uninteresting these people were, and from a master like McEwan.<br /><br />Jemi,<br />Thanks a lot. I'm anxious to hear if anyone else had the same reaction to this novel. Maybe I'm off my rocker!<br /><br />Anthony,<br />Thanks. Yeah, Someone I hate will keep me turning the pages as readily as someone I love. If I hadn't already read so many novels I loved by this author, I probably wouldn't have finished it.<br /><br />Belle,<br />Thank you so much for commenting.<br /><br />Liza,<br />Right you are. I mean, life is too short and there are too many books out there to read. (And ones that need to be written!)<br /><br />Annie,<br />I know....isn't it amazing? And that book is absolutely peppered with similar passages. Thanks for commenting.Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-75594267254064956802010-08-04T18:27:23.750-07:002010-08-04T18:27:23.750-07:00WOW - The twilight quote....WOW! Incredibly beauti...WOW - The twilight quote....WOW! Incredibly beautiful, almost more so than the moment itself.Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-12820389421736622732010-08-04T17:00:31.646-07:002010-08-04T17:00:31.646-07:00Indifference means, "toss the book aside"...Indifference means, "toss the book aside" for me.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-34418546737572691892010-08-04T12:02:47.848-07:002010-08-04T12:02:47.848-07:00"Indifference to character is the death knell..."Indifference to character is the death knell for a novel." Very true!Bellehttp://msbookish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-5974991427388802912010-08-04T11:54:53.917-07:002010-08-04T11:54:53.917-07:00I enjoyed this. I agree, the main character needs ...I enjoyed this. I agree, the main character needs to be either liked or hated to keep my attention long enough to finish.Anthony Ducehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476865809734682418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-78075378511917682502010-08-04T10:04:00.569-07:002010-08-04T10:04:00.569-07:00Interesting. Indifference is not something we aim ...Interesting. Indifference is not something we aim for our readers to feel. Good post.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858983085428585414.post-24331254861754623542010-08-04T09:37:26.542-07:002010-08-04T09:37:26.542-07:00Interesting post, Yvonne. I think you're absol...Interesting post, Yvonne. I think you're absolutely right. We have to care, whether it's love or hate, we must feel something or why read about them.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.com