tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post4633892252138385026..comments2024-02-06T04:20:38.551-08:00Comments on Reading, Writing, Revising: It's Getting Better All The TimeLisa Ecksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469107523441985396noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-32318851310413311112012-08-25T11:33:46.804-07:002012-08-25T11:33:46.804-07:00Henri: I've been giving more thought to the ki...Henri: I've been giving more thought to the kinds of characters that I can dislike but still want to read about, versus those who make me want to put the book down. Nabokov's Humbert Humbert is an excellent example of doing unlikable well.Lisa Ecksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469107523441985396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-34775667862172464902012-08-25T07:35:09.977-07:002012-08-25T07:35:09.977-07:00As I may have mentioned in a previous comment, I w...As I may have mentioned in a previous comment, I was not comfortable with the idea that the narrator had to be likable. Bad can be interesting! (Nabokov of course is an expert at that.)Henri Picciottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875198126877279937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-36932424435387973922012-08-24T22:06:44.943-07:002012-08-24T22:06:44.943-07:00Christopher: Thanks. Yeah, I've looked back at...Christopher: Thanks. Yeah, I've looked back at the earlier chapters enough to know that they still have a lot going for them, so I'm not despairing over this. They'll need some work, but I'm confident I can even things out.<br /><br />Gotcha: Now that Breaking Bad is back on, and the main character has become even more unlikable this season, I have definitely been thinking about how to work all that from a writing perspective. There's a lot of impressive writing on that show!Lisa Ecksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469107523441985396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-36058529646522151352012-08-24T15:30:35.140-07:002012-08-24T15:30:35.140-07:00I've fallen into Breaking Bad, and the whole c...I've fallen into Breaking Bad, and the whole concept of the unlikeable protagonist fascinates and slightly bewilders me. I'm very curious to see what your take on the idea is.mamagotchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023523603288429407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-55839635352661776982012-08-24T13:33:27.151-07:002012-08-24T13:33:27.151-07:00Glad things are moving along with this draft! And....Glad things are moving along with this draft! And...hopefully you'll still find things in those early chapters that have a certain spark to them. They may not be as well written as later chapters, but I've always found that early chapters contain that excitement of a new project. Polish them so they hold up with the rest of the book, and there's something extra cool in the potential of it all.Christopher Gronlundhttp://www.thejugglingwriter.comnoreply@blogger.com