tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post2858805853218713454..comments2023-10-26T07:08:32.738-04:00Comments on <br><br><br>See Heather Write: More proof that Outstanding Writers Have No RulesHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18096173111325220168noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-72611715917391835032010-05-14T14:55:15.936-04:002010-05-14T14:55:15.936-04:00Astute observations. I like these examples you fin...Astute observations. I like these examples you find. I had to laugh at The Hunger Games. It committed the ultimate taboo. And it worked beautifully.Heather Zundelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621649337908358313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-75719982715840227462010-05-12T15:59:45.715-04:002010-05-12T15:59:45.715-04:00I can't think of any specific ones right now, ...I can't think of any specific ones right now, but I know Cormac McCarthy breaks all kinds of rules in his stuff and it works for him.Angie Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16858564760009040975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-27531217840077653832010-05-12T14:43:49.393-04:002010-05-12T14:43:49.393-04:00These are excellent examples, Heather! It just go...These are excellent examples, Heather! It just goes to show that we can get away with anything, as long as the writing draws readers into the story!Shannon O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299313309059235876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-65078294101446488052010-05-12T14:02:33.748-04:002010-05-12T14:02:33.748-04:00Excellent examples. I remember thinking about that...Excellent examples. I remember thinking about that when I started Hunger Games. And about Order of the Phoenix --- By that point, JK Rowling could've started with a prologue of a character waking up and talking about the time when he had a dream of blisteringly hot weather ... and I would've eaten it up.Donna Gambalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00317767593205769881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-91711068613208464802010-05-12T10:00:07.329-04:002010-05-12T10:00:07.329-04:00First, thank you for not talking about the s-word ...First, thank you for not talking about the s-word here (just the thought of the word sends shivers down my spine - ew!). I think Twilight breaks just about every rule there is. New Moon starts with a dream. Every book starts with a preface. There are pages and pages that read like a to-do list, especially in Twilight... Even though a lot of writers (and others) tear apart the writing, storyline, etc., no one can argue that readers love it. I'm not saying that any of these were done well or not. Just saying that numerous rules were broken and people still read it. Lots of them.<br /><br />As for The Hunger Games - I made the mistake of convincing my husband and boys to read them. By August, there will be five of us fighting over MOCKINGJAY. Guess who will have the book first, be locked in her bedroom, not to come out until she's done? Because I know if I put it down for a second, someone will snatch it up and I MUST know what happens before they do! LOLKristie Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649966564896771373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-6916637980078004492010-05-12T08:27:46.211-04:002010-05-12T08:27:46.211-04:00Yup, good old rules. Created to be bent and broken...Yup, good old rules. Created to be bent and broken. Great examples!kahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789825860272178765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-51013788559970575372010-05-12T06:32:27.938-04:002010-05-12T06:32:27.938-04:00Just goes to show that the better you write the mo...Just goes to show that the better you write the more rules you can breakJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579963720650556972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-35728342337848119112010-05-12T01:04:43.509-04:002010-05-12T01:04:43.509-04:00just goes to show, if you're going to break th...just goes to show, if you're going to break the rules, then do so spectacularly.mihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12846929965982469395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-36655636927060361602010-05-12T00:39:28.398-04:002010-05-12T00:39:28.398-04:00That opening from The Hunger Games works, too, bec...That opening from The Hunger Games works, too, because it establishes right there in 4 sentences that we are in a DIFFERENT world from ours. Why is the narrator sharing a bed w/ her sister? Why do they sleep on rough canvas? WTF is the reaping that would cause such bad dreams?<br /><br />Oh man, we learn so much from those few sentences...it totally works.<br /><br />::bows down to Suzanne Collins::<br /><br />I've had several margaritas, so I'm not really thinking writing right now. But I'm sure there are a lot of rules that have been broken well. ;-)Jessica Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382996481558671385noreply@blogger.com