Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed almost all of heinlein's books, but at least to my recollection, it was a lot of talking with intermittent action. That is say in comparison to Orson Scott Card where the action was pretty much throughout.
But oh, I still love the Moon is a Harsh Mistress. I never got into The Cat Who Walked Through Walls -- it seemed like a pale imitation of Time Enough For Love. But Heinlein can be forgiven much for simply producing STranger in a Strange Land. It's not bad...I just tend to skim over the excessive talking to the same extent I do the excessive description that Louis L'Amour is prone to.
Do you want them to delve within and question their own assumptions or do you just want them to enjoy themselves and have a damn good read?
That's a good question and you know...umm, well, in actuality, not something I think about. I mean, I love feedback, don't get me wrong, but for me it's about getting the scene and the story down on paper and finding out where it goes. Writing is like reading a book for me -- I want to see what happens and I can't wait to see where it goes. But since I've decided to start sharing what's in my head, I want to do it well.
Which doesn't really answer the question. But basically, any theme or philosophy that I work in actually occurs by serendipity because it's something the character shoved in my face. Which is easy when I'm working with characters that are whole. But I've yet to have an original character do the same thing -- instead it's an idea that demands characters to fulfill it.
And yes, twin regrets. *is sheepish* I think someone from my flist is going to come and kidnap my tv and playstation if I don't start writing more. Just trying to divide my time between actually doing work for school and writing is hard cause when the brain is tired, the muse won't talk. It'll happen though!! Hell, the muse insists it happens cause it wants to start on the sequel already.
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Date: 2006-03-18 08:21 pm (UTC)But oh, I still love the Moon is a Harsh Mistress. I never got into The Cat Who Walked Through Walls -- it seemed like a pale imitation of Time Enough For Love. But Heinlein can be forgiven much for simply producing STranger in a Strange Land. It's not bad...I just tend to skim over the excessive talking to the same extent I do the excessive description that Louis L'Amour is prone to.
Do you want them to delve within and question their own assumptions or do you just want them to enjoy themselves and have a damn good read?
That's a good question and you know...umm, well, in actuality, not something I think about. I mean, I love feedback, don't get me wrong, but for me it's about getting the scene and the story down on paper and finding out where it goes. Writing is like reading a book for me -- I want to see what happens and I can't wait to see where it goes. But since I've decided to start sharing what's in my head, I want to do it well.
Which doesn't really answer the question. But basically, any theme or philosophy that I work in actually occurs by serendipity because it's something the character shoved in my face. Which is easy when I'm working with characters that are whole. But I've yet to have an original character do the same thing -- instead it's an idea that demands characters to fulfill it.
And yes, twin regrets. *is sheepish* I think someone from my flist is going to come and kidnap my tv and playstation if I don't start writing more. Just trying to divide my time between actually doing work for school and writing is hard cause when the brain is tired, the muse won't talk. It'll happen though!! Hell, the muse insists it happens cause it wants to start on the sequel already.