Connecting Readers and Writers discussion

Here is a thread where you, the reader, can talk about anything you want to regarding reading. Feel free to start a new topic.
* please not that this is not a place to self-promote. Any self-promotion of a blog, book or website will be taken down,

Elle,
Is there a way to link our discussion groups to my blog?
Paula

Unfortunately, not that I know of. If someone else knows, I would love to find out.

Maybe I'm just becoming more sensitve in my old age; but there seems to be an over abundance of writers today who are no longer sensitve to the the feelings or beliefs of those who may read their work.

I believe that, if there is the slightest doubt in the writer's mind that a line in their story may seriously offend someone unnecessarily, it should be re-written or eliminated altogether.

Some may say, "Hey! If you don't like it, you don't have to read it". True. However, a disciplined, skillful writer will be able to make their point without insulting or making someone feel uncomfotable in the process.

Hello, thanks for this thread.

I'm Quanah Edwards, and I'm a lifelong writer. I find myself saying cliched things about writing, do you?

Things like: I don't use an outline, I let the characters tell their story.

That's a cliché? I thought that was one of a way to write a story. ;)

I always feel like it's one.lol

In sports, a “late game player” is someone who starts off slowly and then gets progressively active near the end in hopes of pulling off a big win. This term can also be applied to readers and writers as well. In the case of readers, it’s when somebody reads only one or two chapters near the beginning, but starts to read more chapters and at a quicker pace once they get toward the end of the book. As for writers, they write only one chapter and then wait a while for the next writing session, but when that session comes, the author writes more and more until the novel is over. I consider myself one of these “late game players” both in the reading and writing department. Is there anybody else here who is considers him or herself a “late game player”? No, I don’t know why I keep putting quotations around it either. Probably because I’m the only one who does this.

Jim wrote: "Maybe I'm just becoming more sensitve in my old age; but there seems to be an over abundance of writers today who are no longer sensitve to the the feelings or beliefs of those who may read their w..."

Everything in moderation, Jim. If you're not offensive enough, you won't get through to your audience. If you're too offensive, your audience will be turned off. Finding a balance between the two extremes is exactly what the doctor ordered. Jack Ketchum and Bentley Little are violent authors, but even they have things they're grossed out by.

Vicki wrote: "Jim wrote: "Maybe I'm just becoming more sensitve in my old age; but there seems to be an over abundance of writers today who are no longer sensitve to the the feelings or beliefs of those who may ..."

I have to agree with you on this one, Vicki. The unpublished fantasies I write have characters and situations that are bound to offend some readers. But for me, it's a story that needs to be told. There is an ugly side to life that needs to be explored just as thoroughly as the bright and beautiful. I don't expect everyone to like it but perhaps it can better bring about an understanding of human nature and that evil characters have feelings too.