Cathy asks: “I’m writing an epistolary novel in the form of a blog format, and want to include comments as a sort of chorus. How can I do this and add to the story?”
Resources Mentioned:
Night Calls, The City of Dreams
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Caine asks: “What potential audiences aren’t getting fiction in the formats they prefer in today’s fiction market?”
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Charles asks: “Is there a system to pricing your fiction?”
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Geoff asks: “How do I avoid writing more than the story needs and boring my readers?”
Resources Mentioned:
Silent Victor
He Ain’t Heavy
Blood and Weeds
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Caine asks:
“Should we be wary of telegraphing too much?”
Resources Mentioned:
Thomas Harris
Greg Iles
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B. asks:
“How do you maintain drama without an individual antagonist?”
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Resources Mentioned:
Candide by Voltaire
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
1984 by George Orwell
Brazil, a film by Terry Gilliam
Franz Kafka
The Odyssey by Homer
War Games, the 1982 film
2001: A Space Odyssey
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B. asks: “How long is brainwashing effective, and how can it be maintained?”
Resources:
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
as well as the 1962 and 2004 film adaptations
The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society Arthur J. Deikman, M.D.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
and the film adaptation
Stephen R. Donaldson’s The Gap Cycle
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Lyssa asks:
“Do you think about ‘scenes and sequels’ when writing?”
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Mike asks: How do you keep from getting stuck between scenes?
Resources mentioned:
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Tim asks: Is it possible to lose a sense of what they like in fiction?
Resources Mentioned:
Ira Glass on Taste (video)
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