I love this. I just read Casey McQuiston's new book "The Pairing" and absolutely loved it. Yes, it was "predictable," but it was so comforting and full of queer joy, which is exactly what I needed last week.
I've got a question: how do you decide the right length of your story? I have a tendency to get annoyed with long winded stories that have TOO much detail and so in response, I tend to cut my own stories short. So what is the right mix of detail to engage your reader without boring them?
On the topic of romance novels, I just read "Adam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour" by Nora Nguyen and found it to be refreshing in a lot of ways!
If it is not too late, I want to take you up on your offer and ask you a question about storytelling. How do I tell an honest story of repeated personal failures without discrediting myself? I thought about focusing on lessons, but while nuances and situations are different the core may be the same (as in I made the same core mistake again though in a different shape and for a different reason). So it is a “fool me twice - shame on me” kind of situation.
SUCH a good question and almost the corollary to “how to brag!” I’d love to answer this in a whole post because I have a feeling you’re not the only one wondering.
The idea of going back to the basics resonates with me. After the 2016 election, all I could do was delete social media entirely and focus on my personal relationships and local community. I attempted to tap back into my childhood self. It worked; and it’s been eight years (and many new social media variants I’ve been blessed to avoid) since my participation with those platforms.
This time around for the most recent election, I have deleted all of my newsfeeds that pulled me into an obsession to manifest a different outcome. As an optimist, I want the happy ending…I need the happy ending. And dammit I would rather live my own local romance novel than some bleak reality a tiny texting machine algorithm tricks me into or the negative newsfeed pathology cycle whose characters (even the earth) are destined to end with a disastrous fate.
Love and light can and will prevail in the romance novels we read and live out despite the obstacles that might come along during the plot twists and turns.
You're so wise to name how complicated our relationship can be with the idea of "a happy ending." I hadn't even realized I was doing it this election cycle but I of course got sucked into those algorithms as well!
I love this. I just read Casey McQuiston's new book "The Pairing" and absolutely loved it. Yes, it was "predictable," but it was so comforting and full of queer joy, which is exactly what I needed last week.
I love Casey McQuiston! Putting this on my TBR.
I've got a question: how do you decide the right length of your story? I have a tendency to get annoyed with long winded stories that have TOO much detail and so in response, I tend to cut my own stories short. So what is the right mix of detail to engage your reader without boring them?
On the topic of romance novels, I just read "Adam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour" by Nora Nguyen and found it to be refreshing in a lot of ways!
Great question! I will definitely answer this in a future post so stay tuned. AND thank you for the rec-- I will check it out!!
If it is not too late, I want to take you up on your offer and ask you a question about storytelling. How do I tell an honest story of repeated personal failures without discrediting myself? I thought about focusing on lessons, but while nuances and situations are different the core may be the same (as in I made the same core mistake again though in a different shape and for a different reason). So it is a “fool me twice - shame on me” kind of situation.
SUCH a good question and almost the corollary to “how to brag!” I’d love to answer this in a whole post because I have a feeling you’re not the only one wondering.
Sounds great! Looking forward to the post! :-)
The idea of going back to the basics resonates with me. After the 2016 election, all I could do was delete social media entirely and focus on my personal relationships and local community. I attempted to tap back into my childhood self. It worked; and it’s been eight years (and many new social media variants I’ve been blessed to avoid) since my participation with those platforms.
This time around for the most recent election, I have deleted all of my newsfeeds that pulled me into an obsession to manifest a different outcome. As an optimist, I want the happy ending…I need the happy ending. And dammit I would rather live my own local romance novel than some bleak reality a tiny texting machine algorithm tricks me into or the negative newsfeed pathology cycle whose characters (even the earth) are destined to end with a disastrous fate.
Love and light can and will prevail in the romance novels we read and live out despite the obstacles that might come along during the plot twists and turns.
You're so wise to name how complicated our relationship can be with the idea of "a happy ending." I hadn't even realized I was doing it this election cycle but I of course got sucked into those algorithms as well!