What the Hell Were They Thinking? The Story Idea in Genre Fiction

[sarahblack5]

It is confusing and more than a little distressing to be a writer in a day when the quality and value of one’s work is equated with sales. The idea of sales does not just imply lots of readers, but lots of money. Success and failure is understood to have a cash value. We want access to our box-office take when our little ponies go flying out of the

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[marasmine]

Some very interesting thoughts. Commerciality is a sticky subject and seems to be an inspiration killer for me. I'd never thought of the good/evil conflict as directly religious, but it so obviously is now you've mentioned it. (Or maybe I had thought it and forgotten - I'm having memory problems at the moment! Has the house down the road got a new porch? Or did I just not notice it before?)

For me a story should be about how the characters handle what is thrown at them. We are all different and even when we act the same way our motives aren't identical.

[sarahblack5]

Hey, at least you can remember you're on the right road! Some days that's all I ask.

[marasmine]

I'll have to add that to my definition of a good day. :)

So that'll now be: return to the right house after my morning walk with the same number of dogs as I left with

[elena_62]

Hi, Sarah!

Thank you for your thoughts on the matter which I enjoy reading event though I'm not a writer.

Be well!

Ciao

Antonella

[sarahblack5]

Gracias, amiga!