Reading, Writing and Revising/and rules are made to be broken
Regarding contests and reading for pleasure:
The people who judge the first stages of most contests are the members of the RWA chapter or the club that's putting them on. That means the contest brings all levels of expertise and experience. Take it for what it's worth. I use contractions all the time in my narrative--because i consider narrative as an extension of dialogue.
I try to read for the sheer adventure of the story. I've been reading far too many "how to" books. But something I've learned in the technical world of music--rules are made to be broken. For years it was sacreligious to use parallel fifths in composition. Then, someone came along and said "Gee that's kinda neat." Voila modern--contemporary music. Took some getting used to. I believe the Rite of Spring by Stravinsky got booed in Paris during it's first performance. I was very lucky. I saw the man conduct the piece in the old Carnegie Hall. He was very old. I was very young. (that still makes me older than I'd like to admit to)
I'm digress. My point is: THE point of music, art and writing is to entertain in some way, shape manner or form. Yes, there are novels that educate. Any novel will do that even if its learning how others live and learning about where they live and how they live (history, geography and psychology all wrapped up into one nice, neat package.) But, it's still to entertain. Believe it or not, I like a non-fiction book to entertain me. Even text books. (that shows you something about my mentalit
I have two Nora trilogies I'm going to sink my teeth into as I sit in Brooklyn overlooking lower New York Harbor. The heat index is 105. No excuses now not to read, write and revise. My new three R's (Reading, 'riting and Revising.)
As much as I'd rather write in here--I'd better go and do something useful, like boil my last ms in oil.
Happy Reading, Writing and Revising.
Annie
The people who judge the first stages of most contests are the members of the RWA chapter or the club that's putting them on. That means the contest brings all levels of expertise and experience. Take it for what it's worth. I use contractions all the time in my narrative--because i consider narrative as an extension of dialogue.
I try to read for the sheer adventure of the story. I've been reading far too many "how to" books. But something I've learned in the technical world of music--rules are made to be broken. For years it was sacreligious to use parallel fifths in composition. Then, someone came along and said "Gee that's kinda neat." Voila modern--contemporary music. Took some getting used to. I believe the Rite of Spring by Stravinsky got booed in Paris during it's first performance. I was very lucky. I saw the man conduct the piece in the old Carnegie Hall. He was very old. I was very young. (that still makes me older than I'd like to admit to)
I'm digress. My point is: THE point of music, art and writing is to entertain in some way, shape manner or form. Yes, there are novels that educate. Any novel will do that even if its learning how others live and learning about where they live and how they live (history, geography and psychology all wrapped up into one nice, neat package.) But, it's still to entertain. Believe it or not, I like a non-fiction book to entertain me. Even text books. (that shows you something about my mentalit
I have two Nora trilogies I'm going to sink my teeth into as I sit in Brooklyn overlooking lower New York Harbor. The heat index is 105. No excuses now not to read, write and revise. My new three R's (Reading, 'riting and Revising.)
As much as I'd rather write in here--I'd better go and do something useful, like boil my last ms in oil.
Happy Reading, Writing and Revising.
Annie
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