tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post5291833923964212789..comments2023-10-02T02:52:59.461-07:00Comments on Twigs and Brambles: Daniel Ausemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-28936786228654785952007-10-12T15:39:00.000-07:002007-10-12T15:39:00.000-07:00Yeah, some good points in all that rambling :P I ...Yeah, some good points in all that rambling :P I think we've discussed something similar in the past with short stories, ie editors or readers saying it feels like the start to something longer. I do like some ambiguity, whether short fiction or long...but as with anything it's a spectrum, rather than either/or, and just how much works probably has no definite answer.Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-80479866878988183612007-10-11T17:25:00.000-07:002007-10-11T17:25:00.000-07:00As a reader, I definitely don't need things resolv...As a reader, I definitely don't need things resolved in one tidy Disney-style package, but I have to heartily agree with the comment that true to life doesn't necessarily make better fiction. <BR/><BR/>With a novel, I think you make a sort of deal with your reader--if you come on this journey with me, I promise it'll lead you somewhere cool. So when a theme or idea or conflict fails to reach any kind of resolution, the reader feels like you screwed them on that deal and left them lost without so much as a map. As a reader, I need some sense of resolution, even if it's ambiguous (i.e. that map so I can figure out my own way home).<BR/><BR/>So I guess the thing to do is look at the various ideas and situations your novel raises and ask yourself if each one serves a purpose by pushing the story and/or a character forward in some way. If it did, then it probably did it's job. If not, then it may be a thread in search of either axing or resolution.<BR/><BR/>[/my 2 rambly cents]Barbara A. Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15031633304948114251noreply@blogger.com