tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14317779362944180.post7234320563426895526..comments2024-03-25T02:11:40.453-06:00Comments on Amber Argyle: Paragraph lengthamberargylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058327741777322247noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14317779362944180.post-36656437657783023792008-11-25T08:01:00.000-07:002008-11-25T08:01:00.000-07:00I think too many people get tied up in echoes of J...I think too many people get tied up in echoes of Jack London's <I>Call of the Wild</I> (CotW)- an entire book about "It's cold, but I <I>can't</I> move on."<BR/><BR/>When CotW was written, the book was about how to survive problems in a realistic setting that people might actually visit themselves, if they wanted to suffer for the chance of gold. People were interested in the intricate details of how to tell the temperature with your own spit, or how to get a fire started, for example.<BR/><BR/>But now the theme "Man vs Nature" doesn't work anymore, because people don't even care about <I>real</I> solutions to that problem. And when you're in a fantasy setting, it's all made up anyway, so why would <I>anyone</I> care?<BR/><BR/>Do what's necessary to set the mood, then <I>move the story onward</I>. And, yes, hit [return] occcasionally.Dal Jeanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652296391869599080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14317779362944180.post-32287836150255193202008-11-24T17:18:00.000-07:002008-11-24T17:18:00.000-07:00I type fast, and sometimes I forget to hit return ...I type fast, and sometimes I forget to hit return twice. I shouldn't have to do that at all, but if I don't it's all one big blog. <BR/>I agree with the cold thing. Or hot. Heck, anything that makes the character uncomfortable gets center stage.amberargylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058327741777322247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14317779362944180.post-3084208496174948452008-11-24T16:58:00.000-07:002008-11-24T16:58:00.000-07:00I can't tell you how many times I have said "it's ...I can't tell you how many times I have said "it's cold, I get it, MOVE ON."<BR/><BR/>Something about describing cold makes fantasy authors go off.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, good post. I think something ate the paragraph returns between your paragraphs, however.Lucas Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01405530729663443670noreply@blogger.com