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I prefer somewhere in the middle-to-elaborate range. I hate, HATE, spare writing.
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it seems to me that however an author writes is part of his or her style. Margaret Coel and Steven F. Havill write rather spare books but nothing is missing as far as plot and character development. To the other end, read Tolstoy and tell me you would eliminate any of those hundreds of delicious pages. Good reading to you.
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| Posts: 1050 | Location: somewhere flyfishing | Registered: 03 December 2006 | |
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I like both styles. Good writing is good writing, no matter what the style or content or genre or any of that limiting labelling rubbish.
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| Posts: 2060 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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I admire writer's who waste no words yet still take me away with the plot or the topic. Ed McBain wrote detective novels that were missing nothing, but they were maybe 180 pp or so. Then there was Tolstoy with his Anna Karenina and 650 pp or more. Neither author wrote with extraneous wordage.
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| Posts: 1050 | Location: somewhere flyfishing | Registered: 03 December 2006 | |
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This is true. It's also why J.K. Rowling is good, but not great. Obviously, she's doing something right to be richer than the queen of england, but these books don't need 1000 pages to advance the story. Honestly, her writing style isn't that great, but what she did is captivate everyone from the lowest common denominator all the way up to very intelligent people. I consider her books an entertaining diversion. Her books have tons of extraneous stuff, though. At least I think so.
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| Posts: 1071 | Location: Back, after an eternal hiatus | Registered: 24 April 2007 | |
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Couldn't agree more Sinister. Hell, I'm just everyone's back up man, aren't I?  I picked up 'The Philosophers Stone' shortly after the second book had been released, and the hype was just beginning. I could sniff big sales for the gal, and so I thought I would take a dip, but it took me about four attempts to get past the first few pages. her writing style was, and remains pretty bad. The goddamn last one was bloated beyond belief.
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| Posts: 2060 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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Her style of writing is like nuclear power...fantastically popular, and you don't want to get any on you.
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| Posts: 1071 | Location: Back, after an eternal hiatus | Registered: 24 April 2007 | |
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the best thing about Rowling is that she inspired some many people in all age groups to read. That is quite the feat. Cheers on the lady!
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| Posts: 1050 | Location: somewhere flyfishing | Registered: 03 December 2006 | |
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Yeah, and they read a lot. But I'm not sure that she gets taught in public elementary school as much as before.
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| Posts: 12874 | Location: Behind the Orange Curtain | Registered: 14 May 2004 | |
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I'm hoping that JK is a "gateway" author. Hook 'em on Harry Potter, and the next thing you know, the kids are reading Conrad, and Tolkien and Dostoevsky. Sure, some of them might go overboard, and read DeLillo, or David Foster Wallace, but we have programs that can help them...
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| Posts: 1426 | Location: State of Disarray | Registered: 10 January 2007 | |
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From JK to Dostoevsky? That's a bit of a jump...
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| Posts: 1071 | Location: Back, after an eternal hiatus | Registered: 24 April 2007 | |
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The Brothers Hogwart A Novel By J.K. Rowling Harry, bent and shivering in his thin cowl turned and spoke in a harsh whisper, 'Ron, could it be that the Great Inquisitor is really Voldemort in disguise? Should we not berate ourselves for our sinful bodies, and spend some time in discussing the peasant situation of the lands surrounding Hogwarts?' Ron, digging around in old black satchel, snapped, 'Arry? Shut your flippin' mouth and help me put some more invisible toads in 'Ermione's bed. Gor blimey.'
'for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die.'
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| Posts: 2060 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Ishmaels coffin:
The Brothers Hogwart
A Novel By J.K. Rowling
Harry, bent and shivering in his thin cowl turned and spoke in a harsh whisper, 'Ron, could it be that the Great Inquisitor is really Voldemort in disguise? Should we not berate ourselves for our sinful bodies, and spend some time in discussing the peasant situation of the lands surrounding Hogwarts?'
Ron, digging around in old black satchel, snapped, 'Arry? Shut your flippin' mouth and help me put some more invisible toads in 'Ermione's bed. Gor blimey.'
Primo! You must enter this in some contest of some kind.
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| Posts: 1050 | Location: somewhere flyfishing | Registered: 03 December 2006 | |
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Write a book called "The Brothers Hogwart" and substitute everything with Harry Potter life and lore, and win millions!
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