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Reply Subj: A Novel Problem Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 at 08:23:32 pm EDT (Viewed 17 times) | |||||||
Quote: Anyhow, my reason for mentioning all this is to take views from you all on where to go from here. First off, do folks think it’s okay for me to plunder my Parodyverse writing and character store (some of which in turn have been borrowed from earlier writing I’ve done)? I'm all for it, myself. I look forward to reading the results. Quote: Are there ethical or legal issues I’ve overlooked? I'm not aware of any, but then I'm no legal expert. Quote: Secondly, any advice on tone and technique?This one is a tougher issue for me. Personally, I enjoy the comedic tone of the Parodyverse, and while I certainly understand the need to tone down the zanier aspects of it I'd hate to see it jettisoned altogether. I'm not really one for horror novels, so I can't give advice on scary writing... I don't recall reading anything that outright scared me. Now, with horror films, I know quite a few that I liked that mixed comedy (even goofy comedy) with horror... from Sam Raimi's horror films to Peter Jackson's The Frighteners to things like Fright Night, House and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer (series). It can be a quite effective way to modulate the tension over the course of a work, and humor remains the best way (in my opinion) to endear characters to an audience, which makes all the difference in getting the audience to care if they get away from that axe weilding psycho or not. Quote: Thirdly, how well or badly do you think the situations and cast might translate to a stand-alone novel?I think they should work quite well, myself. I might caution against throwing every concept you've listed here into the work at once... but that's just something to consider, rather than advice I firmly think you should follow. | |||||||
