Post by account_disabled on Dec 30, 2023 6:49:34 GMT
I saw them, one by one, I had no problem identifying them, creating an image of them in my mind. Tana French also described them physically - something we can overlook in a story, but not in a novel, in my opinion - but even more than the mere physical description and their clothing there were the people, their way of speaking, of to move, to act, to lie, to remain silent. Tana French used the first person, in the point of view of one of the protagonists, Detective Ryan. She might be limiting, yet she found a way to let the reader know about the scenes that took place during Ryan's absence.
And everything went smoothly for the 500 pages of the novel. The whole story is built by alternating the investigations of the Dublin Homicide Squad with the many flashbacks and personal stories and this Special Data alternation of scenes led the reader to know the characters of the story perfectly. An engaging style Trivial, but I haven't found a better word. Style is one of those story elements I'm fixated on. You can write the most beautiful and original story in the world, but if your style doesn't engage me, I won't appreciate it and maybe I won't finish reading it. In Tana French's style I found a great property of language, an almost melancholic flow of words that generated empathy not only towards the narrator Ryan but also towards the entire story. I don't know how to create an engaging style, because what engages me may not engage you and vice versa.
There are those who love stories told using the second person, which I really can't stand and find unnatural. Certainly you cannot limit yourself to writing with the formula “subject+verb+predicate”. Style, among the 3 elements shown, is perhaps the most subjective. I happened to rewrite some pieces because they seemed too sloppy in writing, there was no poetry, there was no incentive, in my opinion, to continue reading. Writing while invoking a sense of nostalgia Maybe this is how you write an unforgettable novel: making the reader feel nostalgic once the reading session is over and making that feeling remain at the end of the book. I'm nostalgic now for the novel In the Woods and I can't wait to read the second one about the Dublin Homicide Squad, just as I feel nostalgic for the novel O Lost , which is making me desperately search for all the works of Thomas Wolfe.
And everything went smoothly for the 500 pages of the novel. The whole story is built by alternating the investigations of the Dublin Homicide Squad with the many flashbacks and personal stories and this Special Data alternation of scenes led the reader to know the characters of the story perfectly. An engaging style Trivial, but I haven't found a better word. Style is one of those story elements I'm fixated on. You can write the most beautiful and original story in the world, but if your style doesn't engage me, I won't appreciate it and maybe I won't finish reading it. In Tana French's style I found a great property of language, an almost melancholic flow of words that generated empathy not only towards the narrator Ryan but also towards the entire story. I don't know how to create an engaging style, because what engages me may not engage you and vice versa.
There are those who love stories told using the second person, which I really can't stand and find unnatural. Certainly you cannot limit yourself to writing with the formula “subject+verb+predicate”. Style, among the 3 elements shown, is perhaps the most subjective. I happened to rewrite some pieces because they seemed too sloppy in writing, there was no poetry, there was no incentive, in my opinion, to continue reading. Writing while invoking a sense of nostalgia Maybe this is how you write an unforgettable novel: making the reader feel nostalgic once the reading session is over and making that feeling remain at the end of the book. I'm nostalgic now for the novel In the Woods and I can't wait to read the second one about the Dublin Homicide Squad, just as I feel nostalgic for the novel O Lost , which is making me desperately search for all the works of Thomas Wolfe.