Today I want to talk about a couple of books which are written in a style I really like.
Dreaming of Amelia (Jaclyn Moriarty) is an exciting, quirky YA book - what makes it so unusual is that the story is told through personal memoirs written by students in an examination, and also by blog articles and comments.
Also using the multiple-narrative style is Bram Stoker's Dracula, which is made up of journal entries, telegrams and letters written by the main characters. It's incredibly realistic, more so than any other fantasy novel I've read, thanks to the well-researched facts that are weaved into the imaginative elements. The descriptions are rich and the characters are all strongly crafted. I'd recommend it to anybody who's willing to stick at it - the old-English idioms take a bit of reading!
When I started writing my own book, I started playing around a bit with multiple first person narratives, and reading these two books convinced me to properly apply the style to my own work. There are two main narrators in my book, with three other minor ones. Two chapters are also Internet chatroom conversations, and a further chapter is mostly made up of notes between two characters.
On Monday I'm going on holiday for a fortnight, but in my absence please take a look at my book. Thanks, Isabel :)
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Sunday, 8 July 2012
Recent happenings
Summer's finally arrived - not that you'd know it, considering the weather - so I'm really looking forward to working on Authonomy and addressing my sequel.
I recently went through a rough patch in terms of my sequel development - one of my main characters had to make an incredibly hard decision, and it was difficult for me to choose too. In the end, I found a third option so everything is well underway again!
Publication is my goal - although writing has been extraordinarily rewarding in itself - so a week ago I purchased the Writers' and Artists' 2013 Yearbook. It contains extensive listings of worldwide publishers and agents, as well as advice about marketing, finance, and approaching publishing firms: pretty much everything you might ever need to know about writing!
While I could happily talk about the Yearbook for hours, the Book of the Month this time is Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. It's a funny, exciting, and glamorous YA spy novel. Another of her books which I've enjoyed is Heist Society, also with an espionage theme.
Bye for now!
Isabel
I recently went through a rough patch in terms of my sequel development - one of my main characters had to make an incredibly hard decision, and it was difficult for me to choose too. In the end, I found a third option so everything is well underway again!
Publication is my goal - although writing has been extraordinarily rewarding in itself - so a week ago I purchased the Writers' and Artists' 2013 Yearbook. It contains extensive listings of worldwide publishers and agents, as well as advice about marketing, finance, and approaching publishing firms: pretty much everything you might ever need to know about writing!
While I could happily talk about the Yearbook for hours, the Book of the Month this time is Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. It's a funny, exciting, and glamorous YA spy novel. Another of her books which I've enjoyed is Heist Society, also with an espionage theme.
Bye for now!
Isabel
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