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Chairchucker posted:First person present tense worked p. well in Hunger Games. I read the Hunger Games when it came out and I don't remember being bothered by it. I recently read Red Rising and it definitely bothered me in that. But that's also a garbage book for garbage people. Currently reading Handmaid's Tale and the first person present tense is very off-putting. The book has wonky rear end prose in general. What the gently caress is this yoda-rear end sentence in chapter 2: "Late Victorian, the house is, a family house, built for a large rich family."
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Stuporstar posted:stream-of-consciousness style writing awww crap, this is one of those? hated reading Faulkner in school funny how stream-of-consciousness writing results in the exact opposite style of reading in that you have to reread the same passage multiple times to figure out what the gently caress the author is talking about
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Dr. Kloctopussy posted:
I haven't read Gone Girl but know the just of it - the whole shtick is the dudes' super creepy and the reader isn't sure if they should trust him/unreliable narrator etc. So that's a pretty good tone setter no?
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:I'm on my seventh novel (I'll get published some day!!! In my experience that's just how creative endeavors work for a lot of people: it's super depressing when it ends. I used to do monthly live sketch shows with a comedy group and while the show was always a rush when it was over it was like falling down a hole. It's just so much work and energy and excitement and then it's over. From friends who work in TV it's a similar thing with wrap parties. Everyone is trying to have fun and celebrate but it's super depressing. I don't know what the answer is. It's part of the work I suppose.
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) and I'm having the same issue in the final stretch as every other one; I'm really anxious about finishing the first draft because working on this has been my waking life for 6+ months. My first took me two years. When I was done I fell into a depressive episode.