tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post8569174995915819506..comments2023-06-25T11:35:22.634-04:00Comments on Evil League of Evil Writers: Your Genre Is So Yesterday's FormulaSkyla Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02094497198550621780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-79963677254262501272014-01-31T10:52:49.277-05:002014-01-31T10:52:49.277-05:00LOL <3 That's a fantastic example!
Honest...LOL <3 That's a fantastic example! <br /><br />Honestly, though, an author (who shall not be named) ruined an entire series for me by making the Big Bad of the series a character that made absolutely no sense. I got the sense reading that final book that she'd paid attention to who readers thought was behind everything and said "Shit, they figured it out" then scrambled for another way to wrap things up. It was…less than satisfying for the simple reason that it went totally against expectations. And not in a way where, as a reader, I could go back and see how it worked. <br /><br />It made me much less enamored with her as an author. <br /><br />As much as they're sometimes frustrating, formulas are our reading/viewing comfort food. It's one reason people tend to embrace certain (usually similar) genres--it's the same basic formula. (Also one of the reasons switching to romance was so hard for me LOL)Seleste deLaney/Julie Partickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346934576672398786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-24541666119690290432014-01-30T09:26:40.151-05:002014-01-30T09:26:40.151-05:00Love this post! haha it's so true, everything ...Love this post! haha it's so true, everything is formulaic. My husband and I watched Elysium recently, and at the start where Matt Damon's character is a little boy, playing with a little girl, I said "Oh, there's the chick who'll grow up to be kidnapped and threatened with rape so he'll have to go against his better judgement and save the day by kicking the space station's ass." I hate being right all the time. Adrienne Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03098120360154874136noreply@blogger.com