Ed asks: “As I’ve learned more about storytelling, it’s gotten easier to spot writer tricks & techniques – especially when done poorly! – and harder to enjoy reading for pleasure. Any advice?”
Resources Mentioned:
Ep. 555 – The Writer’s Reading Experience
Spammity Spam
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Michael asks: “How do you study a work that’s epic in scope?”
Resources Mentioned:
Natchez Burning, The Bone Tree, and Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles
Fall of Giants, Book 1 of The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues
The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Roots by Alex Haley
Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Odyssey by Homer
The Illiad by Homer
Book of Genesis, beginning with chapter 12
I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves
The 12 Caesars by Suetonius
Every Day Novelist: In the beginning…
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Simon asks: “What are your thoughts on skimming through parts of a book?”
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Caine asks: “So… how much of a Gregg Taylor fan are you, really?”
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Resources Mentioned:
Dogonomics
Black Jack Justice by Gregg Taylor
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Simon asks: I’m starting to get bored with predictable second novels in series. Is this normal for writers?
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Ian asks, “Any thoughts on non-linear and non-Western fiction as palette cleansers?”
Resources Mentioned:
Salman Rushdie
Toni Morrison
James Joyce
Quentin Tarantino
The Usual Suspects
Amy Tan
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