The viewpoint character in each story is usually someone trapped in a living nightmare, but this doesn't guarantee that we and the protagonist are at one. In fact Woolrich often makes us pull away from the person at the center of the storm, splitting our reaction in two, stripping his protagonist of moral authority, denying us the luxury of unequivocal identification, drawing characters so psychologically warped and sometimes so despicable that a part of us wants to see them suffer. Woolrich also denies us the luxury of total disidentification with all sorts of sociopaths, especially those who wear badges. His Noir Cop tales are crammed with acts of police sadism, casually committed or at least endorsed by the detective protagonist. These monstrosities are explicitly condemned almost never and the moral outrage we feel has no internal support in the stories except the objective horror of what is shown, so that one might almost believe that a part of Woolrich wants us to enjoy the spectacles. If so, it's yet another instance of how his most powerful novels and stories are divided against themselves so as to evoke in us a divided response that mirrors his own self-division.
("Introduction")
Stichwörter: writing writers character writer noir crime-fiction fiction-writing short-fiction cornell-woolrich noir-fiction
J.R.R.Tolkien has confessed that about a third of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring, some ruffian named Strider confronted the hobbits in an inn, and Tolkien was in despair. He didn't know who Strider was, where the book was going, or what to write next. Strider turns out to be no lesser person than Aragorn, the unrecognized and uncrowned king of all the forces of good, whose restoration to rule is, along with the destruction of the evil ring, the engine that moves the plot of the whole massive trilogy, The Lord of the Rings.
Ansen DibellStichwörter: motivation tolkien plot lord-of-the-rings aragorn fiction-writing writing-books character-building strider
I knew that it was impossible for us to be kept apart for too long.
Erica Sehyun SongStichwörter: adventure fantasy fiction adventures fictional fiction-writing fictions fantasy-fiction fiction-fantasy fiction-novel fantasy-young-adult fantasy-ya adventure-fiction
Good fiction is trawling back into the past and digging up the real characters who've influenced your entire being.
Ken ScottStichwörter: fiction-writing character-description
Reading is fuel for the brain. Writing is fuel for the spirit...
Megan S. JohnstonStichwörter: fiction-writing young-adult-fiction fiction-novel paranormal-series new-author paranormal-romance-series first-in-series
A long time ago, there was a little girl called Mary. Now Mary, she was warned several times not to go to her neighbor’s house. Her neighbor was a grandmother. But Mary hardly listened, so she snuck off one night to spy on her. She tried the front door first, and it creaked open. Then suddenly, she heard a squeaking noise upstairs. She followed it – climbed up the wooden stairs where half of it was already rotten. She heard the squeaking noise again. It was coming from the library. She opened the door and hid behind a couch. She peered out, and she saw the grandmother.” Dave paused to drain his cup of coffee before continuing. My heart thudded so loudly, I thought that everyone could hear it. “So Mary gasped in disbelief as she heard the squeaking noise again, and the grandmother’s rocking chair was not moving at all. Then the grandmother opened her eyes and looked directly at her, holding her gaze steadily and sharply, and then suddenly, BOO!
Erica Sehyun SongStichwörter: adventure fantasy fiction horror adventures fictional fiction-writing fictions scary fantasy-fiction fiction-fantasy fiction-novel fantasy-young-adult fantasy-ya horror-fantasy adventure-fiction
We share a bond. We do everything together. We have a piece of strong, invisible thread connecting us. It’s indestructible – it can never be broken. The thread is the key item that links us together. We understand each other.
Erica Sehyun SongStichwörter: adventure fantasy fiction siblings adventures fictional fiction-writing fictions fantasy-fiction fiction-fantasy fiction-novel sibling fantasy-young-adult fantasy-ya adventure-fiction
The last image I registered was Ethan and my hand – linked, bound and unbreakable.
Erica Sehyun SongStichwörter: adventure fantasy fiction siblings adventures fictional fiction-writing fictions fantasy-fiction sibling-rivalry fiction-fantasy fiction-novel fantasy-young-adult fantasy-ya adventure-fiction
He sent it flying at full speed. It jumped six times as well, sending ripples across the sea. The small splashes of foam turned into miniature rainbows as they caught the light of the evening sun setting behind the clouds.
Erica Sehyun SongStichwörter: adventure fantasy fiction adventures fictional fiction-writing fictions fantasy-fiction fiction-fantasy fiction-novel fantasy-young-adult fantasy-ya adventure-fiction
The other one was filled with loud and obnoxious tourists. Always boasting on winning a sand castle competition and seeing who could get tanned first. What a whacky bunch of people.
Erica Sehyun SongStichwörter: humor adventure humour fantasy fiction adventures fictional fiction-writing fictions fantasy-fiction fiction-fantasy fiction-novel fantasy-young-adult fantasy-ya adventure-fiction
« erste vorherige
Seite 4 von 8.
nächste letzte »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.