tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post8565080764004893054..comments2024-03-28T08:30:37.763-04:00Comments on Dystel & Goderich Literary Management: Boring is not a four-letter word…but it might as well beDGLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594925221862242748noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-34498989719354075982023-08-15T13:34:13.086-04:002023-08-15T13:34:13.086-04:00Lovely blog you have heereLovely blog you have heereSold Out Football Ticketshttps://soldoutfootballtickets.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-83133634745067877022015-09-16T03:45:09.460-04:002015-09-16T03:45:09.460-04:00I say many thanks to Mr. admin website I read this...<br />I say many thanks to Mr. admin website I read this, because in this website I know a lot of information information that I did not know before his<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gg.gg/3qkwb" rel="nofollow">Obat Diabetes Melitus</a> <br /><a href="http://gg.gg/3qkw9" rel="nofollow">Obat Tradisional Tumor Parotis</a> <br /><a href="http://gg.gg/3qkwc" rel="nofollow">Obat Kanker Rahim Herbal</a> <br /><a href="http://gg.gg/3r3aw" rel="nofollow">Obat Wasir Untuk Ibu Hamil</a> <br /><a href="http://www.obattumorbibir.exl.me/" rel="nofollow">Obat Tumor Bibir Atau Mulut Yang Alami</a> <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943281955040839965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-86426247321174916662010-09-16T11:06:48.928-04:002010-09-16T11:06:48.928-04:00Diana: But aren't we in the business of tryin...Diana: But aren't we in the business of trying to explicate why in craft terms, even if our readers can't? We writers have to try, even if only to ourselves. If we don't understand it, how can we fix it?Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986544384594087203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-47732438952956088532010-09-16T00:47:53.826-04:002010-09-16T00:47:53.826-04:00Sometimes boring is just boring. You might not be ...Sometimes boring is just boring. You might not be able to explain why you thought X movie was boring, it just was. Same with books. Same with queries and manuscripts, I imagine. If a critique partner tells me a scene was boring, and can't explain why, it doesn't matter. It was still boring and it's still my job to do something about it... even if "something" means "completely rewriting" or even "deleting."Diana Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04368186068872293410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-53670348855329830382010-09-15T15:24:11.991-04:002010-09-15T15:24:11.991-04:00But why is it boring? Bad plot? No plot? No confli...But why is it boring? Bad plot? No plot? No conflict? (Those are the 3 big ones to me but I went to ISU when David Foster Wallace was still teaching there so I read a lot of people trying to write like him...and being boring about it). <br /><br />It's boring is a valid criticism but people get mad if they don't understand why. On the other hand, if you give them the reasons why, that doesn't mean that they can fix the bofing part. They might just shift it so it's boring in a different way...teflaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858992182120624497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-90080147048547982382010-09-15T14:59:12.779-04:002010-09-15T14:59:12.779-04:00Can you sort of quantify, in craft terms, what mak...Can you sort of quantify, in craft terms, what makes something boring for you? Are there general categories? I know that it's probably hard to describe.<br /><br />Is it just predictable? Cliche? Maybe it's too experimental. The characters don't do anything. Nothing happens. You are distracted by lots of errors and other things pushing you out of the text.<br /><br />Or maybe it's best decribed by what it's not? A compelling book has lots of things happen. Characters are not stereotypes. The rate of revelation is high. Setting is used really well.<br /><br />Hmmm. I'll have to think more about this.Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986544384594087203noreply@blogger.com