More on the Mary Sue and the Marty Stu
I have written before about the Mary Sue and the Marty Stu/Gary Stu. It’s rather fun to poke fun at the most outrageous versions of
June 20, 2023
I have written before about the Mary Sue and the Marty Stu/Gary Stu. It’s rather fun to poke fun at the most outrageous versions of
The quote is, of course, from Zuckerman’s book ‘Writing the Block Buster Novel’. It is made with reference to a certain Don Corleone. Zuckerman is
Laughs are at a premium these days, what with the pandemic still going on as a second Christmas approaches.That being so, I thought I’d use
I enjoyed Balzac’s ‘Pére Goriot’ overall, despite – maybe because of – the melodramatic scenes. I particularly enjoyed the chapters which dealt with the villain
I read somewhere the phrase, ‘Inside every antagonist, there’s a protagonist waiting to come out’ ( obviously a variant of the saying ‘inside every
I always find it interesting how through reading fiction written by authors at about the time that the story is set, or shortly afterwards, you
The atmosphere and the descriptions of the scenery were really good. The idea was original. It was well plotted overall. Generally, the characterisation is cleverly
I have just started re-reading ‘The Go Between’ by L P Hartley. I last read it longer ago than I care to admit – in
A couple of years ago, the latest thing in discussing novels online or leaving reviews seemed to be a lot of talk about ‘character
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