tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post4249191832455736520..comments2023-09-25T02:24:22.087-07:00Comments on Anne R. Allen's Blog: LITERARY OR GENRE?Anne R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-24889573028367891572009-11-27T12:42:17.141-08:002009-11-27T12:42:17.141-08:00Okay - I'm really confused! I just read what I...Okay - I'm really confused! I just read what I feel to read (no Oprah book clubs - too sad) and write what I write. If I think about it too much, then I end up by not writing!Dorothy Ann Segoviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16783805734499717554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-65011674158324319602009-11-26T09:42:30.776-08:002009-11-26T09:42:30.776-08:00Good point on the classics once being genre storie...Good point on the classics once being genre stories. I never really thought of it that way, but it is true. I suppose that is why some of them are still popular today.<br /><br />Personally, I'll read anything. As a writer, I love hearing/reading the different ways ideas can be put together. There is something to be learned from every bookJean Oramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976592107496424385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-87999878125105767422009-11-24T09:49:04.136-08:002009-11-24T09:49:04.136-08:00Peggy--speaking of standing the test of time, an i...Peggy--speaking of standing the test of time, an idea that's still bouncing around your brain 20 years later has some serious staying power. I've just started on a new project based on one of those "won't go away" ideas, and my critique group says it's the best thing I've ever done. I hope yours reaches new heights, too.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-51957448629487982652009-11-24T07:22:21.037-08:002009-11-24T07:22:21.037-08:00Love the statement about the Chaos Theory being in...Love the statement about the Chaos Theory being in play. That's pretty much the way I see it. <br /><br />I read pretty much what I can get my hands on - perhaps because I'm a writer as well???<br /><br />All in all I prefer a 'happy ending' but of course many times when I pick up a book I don't know that in advance. I'm with annerallen about the beginning, middle and end. Good story telling simply has those elements and I, too, doubt the non-endings will stand the test of time. <br /><br />Meanwhile, with the shifting sands of the publising industry I keep a foot in many different worlds and juggle as fast as I can. <br /><br />In fact, I have a story idea that's been rolling around in my brain for the best part of twenty years that I plan to take up yet again soon.Peggy Bechkohttp://www.newwriterguide.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-82189901204204208612009-11-23T15:31:27.386-08:002009-11-23T15:31:27.386-08:00Oooooh--the non-ending. Worse than a sad one. I fe...Oooooh--the non-ending. Worse than a sad one. I feel so cheated when I read a whole book where nothing is resolved. <br /><br />That is something Dickens and Austen and the other classic writers knew--you gotta have a beginning, middle and an end. Anything else isn't really storytelling. I'm willing to bet money that writers with non-endings don't stand the test of time.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-7604026243029776602009-11-23T12:34:56.437-08:002009-11-23T12:34:56.437-08:00Or, is it that contemporary literary writing many ...Or, is it that contemporary literary writing many times has a non-ending. I have been known to throw the occasional non-ending book against the wall. Is it considered naive or unsophisticated to actually wrap it all up?Christine Ahernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968409907141389324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-7252186583119901872009-11-23T04:40:37.015-08:002009-11-23T04:40:37.015-08:00I love me a happy ending too!
I enjoy both areas ...I love me a happy ending too!<br /><br />I enjoy both areas - i just wish that this imaginary line between the two would end! Isn't it obvious that its not necessary to seperate literary and genre when its so hard to define them seperaretly?Emily Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01707967073095394090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-75851639644071829852009-11-22T16:22:32.618-08:002009-11-22T16:22:32.618-08:00Diana, I think you've hit on a good point. I f...Diana, I think you've hit on a good point. I feel the same way. It's a lot harder for me to plunge into a story when I know the ending is going to hurt.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8385052143211121638.post-91474111165398337712009-11-22T16:02:50.825-08:002009-11-22T16:02:50.825-08:00I definitely read and enjoy both, but my only issu...I definitely read and enjoy both, but my only issue with literary is it's so much fonder of the tragic ending than genre. I'm a girl with an eye for happy-ending books :)Diana Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04368186068872293410noreply@blogger.com