Wednesday, 16 January 2013

The Artist Unleashed: WRITING TO FIT A PURPOSE, NOT A TREND, by Shevi Arnold

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7 comments:

  1. Ooooh this sounds like just my kind of thing! And I so agree - not only does writing to fit a trend strip away so much of the enjoyment, but in an industry where 'trends' are usually put into play two years or so in advance, it's doomed to failure anyway!

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  2. Though your story is a romance, it's not 'category' romance, which I believe
    would make you tear your hair out. Each publisher's sub-genre guidelines have a formula of how the story must be told. Talk about yuck.

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  3. I couldn't agree with Shevi Arnold more. It's not worth it to jump onto bandwagons. We have to write what speaks to us. And love triangle vampire stories don't speak to me!

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  4. I love that your stories have a quirky bent to them! I try to do quirky and I just end up serious again. :) It's a skill!!

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  5. Ride of my Life sounds pretty friggin' unique. And awesome.

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  6. I met you on Ellie's site!
    I don't write to fit a trend, but I do tend to stick to one genre. Just easier on my brain.

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  7. They die years apart at an amusement part? The roller coaster-romantic junkie in me has to read that.

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