Comedy has long claimed the phrase ‘timing is everything’, but the same applies to almost every facet of a novel. Broad strokes of this rule come into play with things like timing a book launch to cash in on Father’s Day or Christmas gift buying seasons, but that’s PR department stuff. Timing is everything when …
Monthly Archive: April 2012
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Apr 04
Story versus Plot
I’m a big believer in plot, but often I read books that only have a story. Sometimes this is enough. For short stories, fables and even some films, all you need is a story that allows you to properly present an interesting character and let it blossom into something that people ‘click’ with. It doesn’t …
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Apr 02
Hunger Games Review
As a novel, the Hunger Games was fairly compelling. It didn’t take me long to read it and I knew a few people who would also enjoy it. What hooked me was one part the (heavily veiled) history of Panem, another part was the games themselves and how they fit into this ‘new’ vision of …
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