Comments on: Write and Wrong http://paranormal.suvudu.com/2010/12/write-and-wrong.html Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games Mon, 21 May 2012 11:37:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: John Stevens http://paranormal.suvudu.com/2010/12/write-and-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-22506 John Stevens Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:42:40 +0000 http://suvudu.com/?p=11134#comment-22506 Your last two sentences are really all that needs to be said. There is so much advice out there, but it boils down to: "write in whatever way gets you to produce something that satisfies both you and the audience." Your last two sentences are really all that needs to be said. There is so much advice out there, but it boils down to: “write in whatever way gets you to produce something that satisfies both you and the audience.”

]]> By: Leah http://paranormal.suvudu.com/2010/12/write-and-wrong.html/comment-page-1#comment-22464 Leah Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:08:57 +0000 http://suvudu.com/?p=11134#comment-22464 Great column, Ari. That bit about not outlining in ON WRITING has always stuck in my craw. Amusingly, one of the most common criticisms of King's writing (particularly his longer books) is the way he paints himself into corners and resolves complex plots with hokey deus ex machina ploys, mystical hand-waving, etc. It's become so rote with him that I pretty much begin his books expecting them to slip into murky supernaturalism. Mr. King, I humbly submit that anything can become predictable when relied upon as a crutch. The true labor of plotting is in arranging events to cascade logically from one another, and ensure they hit the reader with both a sense of surprise and inevitability. Great column, Ari. That bit about not outlining in ON WRITING has always stuck in my craw. Amusingly, one of the most common criticisms of King’s writing (particularly his longer books) is the way he paints himself into corners and resolves complex plots with hokey deus ex machina ploys, mystical hand-waving, etc.

It’s become so rote with him that I pretty much begin his books expecting them to slip into murky supernaturalism. Mr. King, I humbly submit that anything can become predictable when relied upon as a crutch. The true labor of plotting is in arranging events to cascade logically from one another, and ensure they hit the reader with both a sense of surprise and inevitability.

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