Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

[dragongirlG]

Ah, Ayn Rand. Her books are massive.

I personally cannot confess to having skipped anything in a book. I try to read everything and if I fall asleep doing so I go back and reread it when I have more consciousness (I usually read right before I go to bed -- ah, I'll never forget that time I fell asleep reading The Scarlet Letter and fell in love with the book afterward. Anyway....) The only skip I can think of is that time when Winston is reading out Goldstein's book in 1984, hmm... (sorry if I spoiled anything)

Re characters in trouble:
I just, er...this may not be exactly what the topic is, but may I quote Naaramare from a few pages before?

People. Aren't. Simple. Ever.

The situations really depend on the characters, don't they? And if you make your characters complex (even just a little bit) something will happen, a situation must occur in some way. So...if you have really great characterization (of course this is a matter of opinion) then the situations will be well-written, right? If you don't keep the characters simple or trite then the situations won't be too cliched, and the egregious stupidity and Mary-Sueism won't occur.

Sorry if this way off-topic or what...

P.S. Welcome to all the new members! I hope to hear from you all in the discussions!

[ August 29, 2002: Message edited by: dragongirlG ]