tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post5223604771533118521..comments2023-09-30T08:53:15.486-07:00Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: The Turn of the Unscrewlowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-20185331658638773282008-08-05T22:58:00.000-07:002008-08-05T22:58:00.000-07:00What do I want in my stories? I've got to take a ...What do I want in my stories? I've got to take a deep breath to answer that. Mystery. Sensuality. ...A sense that no matter how great or wonderful or whatever a person is, life is still a mess. An interesting mess.<BR/><BR/>I'm rambling.<BR/><BR/>What I want in my stories is that feeling I get in my gut when I read something I love. That--do-I-really-want-to-read-what-happens-next-of-course-I-do feeling. Or something close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-39777053759535693782008-08-05T12:37:00.000-07:002008-08-05T12:37:00.000-07:00"The problem extends itself when the matter of rea..."The problem extends itself when the matter of realism is introduced, by which I mean some standard of making the characters seem real, their goals real, the landscape or venue of the activity giving the reader the impression that yes, this can be happening."<BR/><BR/>This occurs to me (though not in such a well-written way) whenever I tackle satire (either writing it myself or wrestling with someone else's attempts at it).<BR/><BR/>The inevitability of reality (or at least a quasi-reality that works within the fictional environment) is quite important; it is also the watermark at which works of both satire and sci-fi/fantasy either rise or fall to the ground.<BR/><BR/>Great post, btw.<BR/><BR/>MMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235525041894772335noreply@blogger.com