December Daily: books

[resonant]

runpunkrun -- strong feelings about books.

So only thoughts that can be expressed with exclamation points.

The main conflict in the book shouldn't be able to be resolved with one conversation!

The main conflict in the book shouldn't boil down to "the protagonist has assertiveness problems"!

I don't really need to know all that backstory up front! No, no, I don't! I'll roll with you for a while if you give me a person I care about who's actually doing something.

A character needs to want something! And make some effort to get it!

Books that are part of a series need to say so on the cover! And also in the library listing! So I won't keep accidentally checking out Book 3 of 5!

I realize that this is not easy, but in a romance, I need to be able to understand why the characters should be together and also why they are not already together!

Almost nobody outside of fandom can competently write sexual tension!


Comment to leave me a prompt! Steal runpunkrun's prompt if you want to do the meme yourself!

6 -- castiron -- something that you're pleasantly surprised to have in your life.
7 -- mekare -- favorite fandom traditions.
8 -- armadillo1976 -- What is your comfort reading? Fic, high-brow literature, commercial fiction, whatever.
9 -- exceptinsects -- favorite romantic moments...in books, movies, fic, real life?
10 -- pauraque -- your favorite movies as a kid (or favorite kids' movies as an adult)
11 -- mific -- a winter's tale. Anything wintry, good or bad.
12 -- runpunkrun -- advice you've found useful
13 -- terminally_underwhelmed -- things that change, things that don't.
14 -- watersword -- Tell me about a memorable meal.
15 -- anitac588 -- Chris Evans.
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17 -- ride_4ever -- birthdays
18 -- muccamukk -- Dwarvish things in your everyday life. (Moved from the 17th so ride_4ever could get the birthday date.)
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20 -- copracat -- memory.
21 -- rhi -- cats.
22 --
23 -- laurenthemself -- Something spooky that's happened to you
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Comments

[out_there]

Almost nobody outside of fandom can competently write sexual tension!

Truth. It's amazing how unconvincing most published fiction is at this.

[resonant]

It's crazy how people who can do a brilliant job of portraying love, fear, anger, resentment, etc., just cannot manage desire.

[lunabee34]

Doing something is very important!

[resonant]

You would think this would go without saying ...

[nestra]

Ugh, I skimmed through a library book yesterday and today that was written in a number of first-person POVs, and everyone sounded the same! There was literally nothing to distinguish one narrator from another. Different characters should sound different! This is my current strong feeling!

[resonant]

This is an excellent strong feeling! The more of these I write and read, the more I imagine I'm in an episode of Dinosaur Comics!

[runpunkrun]

What a remarkable feeling that must be!

[lobelia321]

Nobody outside of fandom can write sexual tension: yess!!!! So. True!

[resonant]

It's tragic! And annoying!