These are super easy tips to follow. I don't presently have the bandwidth for fiction writing, but when I do, I may well pick up on this. I can imagine a lot of folks diving in here with this framework, much easier than starting from scratch.
TL;DR: just wanted to call attention to this idea! It's a good one.
This is going to sound a little macabre, but I like that each of your stories are not sunshine & roses. I also feel a little old, because I remembered each of those songs you used as inspiration.
I follow Janice Hardy too, but I must have missed that novel-in-reference. Somehow I never heard of it before. But it's an intriguing idea.
There was a "movie" out some years ago called "If This House Could Talk", and in that, the common thread was the house. The movie was from the perspective of the house over the ages from the 50's I believe to the 1990's or '80's. The last half of the movie concerned a lesbian couple, played by Sharon Stone and Ellen Degeneres. (Superb acting and chemistry, considering that Ellen was so young. She blushed every time Sharon would mention it on Ellen's show, but I digress) Anyway, that's a lesser known example of setting being a character I suppose.
I've been putting together an anthology of my own short stories for the last few years, perhaps I'll see if I can't tweak it to encompass this concept.
Please, let us revel in our love of the macabre! I can't stand a happy ending. I much prefer the kind of ending that leaves you on the edge of your seat, or in the very least, on the edge of insanity (wondering what happens next...).
These are super easy tips to follow. I don't presently have the bandwidth for fiction writing, but when I do, I may well pick up on this. I can imagine a lot of folks diving in here with this framework, much easier than starting from scratch.
TL;DR: just wanted to call attention to this idea! It's a good one.
I am glad you got some tips out of this "novel" idea that I wanted to share with all of you. I hope I am able to make a go of it myself...
Currently underway here! https://tvansantana.substack.com/p/the-backbone
This is going to sound a little macabre, but I like that each of your stories are not sunshine & roses. I also feel a little old, because I remembered each of those songs you used as inspiration.
I follow Janice Hardy too, but I must have missed that novel-in-reference. Somehow I never heard of it before. But it's an intriguing idea.
There was a "movie" out some years ago called "If This House Could Talk", and in that, the common thread was the house. The movie was from the perspective of the house over the ages from the 50's I believe to the 1990's or '80's. The last half of the movie concerned a lesbian couple, played by Sharon Stone and Ellen Degeneres. (Superb acting and chemistry, considering that Ellen was so young. She blushed every time Sharon would mention it on Ellen's show, but I digress) Anyway, that's a lesser known example of setting being a character I suppose.
I've been putting together an anthology of my own short stories for the last few years, perhaps I'll see if I can't tweak it to encompass this concept.
Thanks for another interesting editorial.
Please, let us revel in our love of the macabre! I can't stand a happy ending. I much prefer the kind of ending that leaves you on the edge of your seat, or in the very least, on the edge of insanity (wondering what happens next...).
I can't wait to see your anthology some day.
Sort of like @sereids Ferris Island, or my own Crann Na Beatha.
Cool.
Stealing like an artist is what I enjoy to do most these days. It's all in the follow-through from that point forward.