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I was just thinking that a good book just like a film must have Special Effects to add to the thrill and mystery of good read.
my firts one has to be:
the weather effet
because it can give a poetic feel/drama to a story.
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I was just thinking that a good book just like a film must have Special Effects to add to the thrill and mystery of good read.
my firts one has to be:
the weather effet
because it can give a poetic feel/drama to a story.
Unless I've misunderstood you, that sounds like nonsense to me. No offence.Originally Posted by Nacian
how is that nonsence
book is exactly like a dessert cake or a pudding or a cocktails, something you wan to have once and then have more andmore.
so unless we have special ingredients, skills, and ingenuity, then I am afraid the taste the look and the enjoyment is not going to be there.
Specials Effects ae what makes a book stand out.
the input of a weather prose style description all throughout the story is my idea of a sensational.
my taste you do not have to like it.
I do.
I'm not disagreeing with your taste. Taste is subjective. That's fine. I'm disagreeing with your statements about books and special effects.
But maybe if you post some examples of what you mean, that'd make things clearer.
examples of Special Effect?
well I can think of example in films like in Star Wars.
without the whole cosmetic/computer generated images Star Wars would mount to not a lot in my opinion.
so I am merely trying to come out with ideas that I might add to special effect my story
ONE is the weather. Nice condition applies throught out the story.
TWO Tone of the writing so hunouristic/funny/thrilling/captivating/consistant/
THREE character building, meaning my character will appear in an ascending/descending/order as oppose to random. that should add intensity
FOUR VOCABULARY original new word for places/characters so instead of having John and Mary I will have TIV and TAR as names. Depersonalising vocabulary is important to spice up imagination.
FIVE Energy in the story. meaning less slacking/killing/dying/cussing/hitting/ I will have PERFECT characters instead. Colours are added too.
so this is what I mean SPECIAL EFFECTS that I have come up with.
Last edited by Nacian; 11-09-2011 at 07:25 PM.
I don't think perfect characters would be very interesting at all. We're all flawed in some way; nobody's perfect.
Tone, vocabulary and character building are hugely important building blocks of any story -- I don't see how they're "special effects".
I'm not totally sure what you mean in all honesty. Could you possibly explain it a little more clearly?
Is it? How? Why?Depersonalisingvocabulary is important to spice up imagination.
Last edited by Bruno Spatola; 11-09-2011 at 09:14 PM.
"When I am gone, it won't be long before I disturb you in the dark."
Okay. I still think it's nonsense, but if it works for you, that's great.
Depersonalising vocabulary
for example
I will create characters that are totally the opposite of who we are.
their names are new words never heard of before. I will create new words to name them.
I do not want a Johnny or a Jack as a name because that is REALITY.
their feelings/ behaviour/the way they speak/interact... will be PERFECT.
so my story plot is already in place but I will take time and effort to create Perfect beings,places and include for example weather for prose effect..
the only link they will have with the readers would be that they are humans and look like us. nothing godly or superpower/heroiish about them. exactly like us ONLY PERFECT, FAULTLESS in other words characters/ beings I can look up to.
this is just an outline....
I am so confused.
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LOL...are you??
this is the best line of the whole evening...lol notmeant to confuse..hehe..
A story has to have conflict. Where would the conflict be in a story about perfect people and perfect weather? Unless it's fantasy. There are no perfect people and without conflict and resolution you have no story, just a monologue=boring to me.
I wouldn't say I am if I werent...
Our Pagan Path
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." ~ E L Doctorow
"If you steal from one author, it's plaigiarism; if you steal from many, it's research." ~ Wilson Mizner
"When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer." ~ Isaac Singer
"People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them that I ahve the heart of a small boy - and I keep it in a jar on my desk." ~ Stephen King
my story lines is not about conflict, it is about resoltution/problem solving/discoveries of concept and so the need for EXACT PERFECT characteristic within my characters is important because it takes away the strain from them and concentrate on the solving of the concept.
PERFECT does not mean dull, pompous or nothing to say. Far from it.
of course you are entitled to think otherwise.
I hate to break it to you, Nacian, but in order for there to be something for your characters to resolve, they have to have a problem (read conflict) to resolve. Conflict is part of our every waking moment and it doesn't have to be two people shooting it out or yelling at one another for it to be conflict. Without conflict there can be no resolution, period.
Our Pagan Path
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." ~ E L Doctorow
"If you steal from one author, it's plaigiarism; if you steal from many, it's research." ~ Wilson Mizner
"When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer." ~ Isaac Singer
"People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them that I ahve the heart of a small boy - and I keep it in a jar on my desk." ~ Stephen King
conflict resolution is good. that is what politics is all about too. I still don't find it interesting enough to read about it.
I instead watch it because it more alive, less constraint and the interactions and natural and spontaneous.
I watch parliement live, and a debate between two opposite parties is a typeof conflict/resolution and I enjoy it greatly because the characters are themselves and acting out on the heat of the moment.
so there are things I like to read and things I prefer to watch because there is a fine line between reading and watching/listening and that is of spontaneouty.
spontaneaous is the one of the Special Effect I feel any book/story should have.
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