tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746250676507314996.post629769158487834098..comments2024-01-04T00:28:51.499-05:00Comments on Write-or-Die: Style vs StoryJaime Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473809115329540200noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746250676507314996.post-77230579608239978062010-11-29T13:54:02.371-05:002010-11-29T13:54:02.371-05:00I'd pick storytelling because vision can't...I'd pick storytelling because vision can't be learned. Style evolves according to what we read/learn.Carolyn Abiadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567399129586443513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746250676507314996.post-3037992118248635122010-11-15T16:07:21.744-05:002010-11-15T16:07:21.744-05:00Style comes to me intuitively and it requires much...Style comes to me intuitively and it requires much much thought to craft a story I'd feel is interesting and worth telling or reading. <br /><br />I would choose style. I already know how to work to manually create a story that does not just "come to me" but style I would struggle to develop if I did not already have it. <br /><br />Also I mostly consider "style" to be voice, and I think that comes from what you read and what's made you. So I feel I'd be erasing my past if I lost my voice. If you only read books like The Hunger Games and Twilight your writing will be informed by those essentially voiceless books. <br /><br />They really have nothing to say but the story. Where as something like Enders Game or The Golden Compass has much much more depth of character and their for voice. Because you can not create depth of character without giving that character the voice to express their opinions.<br /><br />As for "style" in the literary sense like Claire explained it, this kind of writing is all lateral movement. No progression and it just upsets me when I'm dumb enough to see if it's going to take me anywhere.<br /><br />Cheers!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918640778973671542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746250676507314996.post-41722519426048558652010-11-15T15:41:24.554-05:002010-11-15T15:41:24.554-05:00My first response would be to say I'd pick sto...My first response would be to say I'd pick storytelling, because I know I HATE to read aimless stuff as a reader. And yet...the style is what brings me the most joy in my writing, cuz it's fun and creative. So I'd choose style, because I'd rather walk an aimless path of lovely roses and wildflowers than a straight highway of concrete and steel. ;o)Carol Riggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092209912983783974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746250676507314996.post-27083385247728047692010-11-15T12:41:16.351-05:002010-11-15T12:41:16.351-05:00For me there is no contest, it has to be storytell...For me there is no contest, it has to be storytelling.<br />As you said, style is craft, and can be learned. <br />And while I can forgive someone for badly crafted sentences, there is no saving a book where the story doesn't make sense.Weirdmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999326013335351617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746250676507314996.post-15634406107301349552010-11-15T12:23:43.220-05:002010-11-15T12:23:43.220-05:00Interesting! The way you explained both, if I had ...Interesting! The way you explained both, if I had to choose, as a writer, I would want to be blessed with the first, style, in hopes of developing the second. My biggest fear as a writer is not having that inate quality that can't be learned. Anything that can be developed with hard work, I know I can accomplish, but what about that mysterious "it" factor? I can only hope it's there!Kristina Mirandahttp://kristinamiranda.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746250676507314996.post-35379879084366831842010-11-15T11:20:05.557-05:002010-11-15T11:20:05.557-05:00I would definitely go with storytelling. If I'...I would definitely go with storytelling. If I'm reading something that's trying to hard to be stylish and hip, I'm turned off. Just tell me the story! How you tell it should come secondary.Pam Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872183610393667619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746250676507314996.post-87795058589555771232010-11-15T08:30:48.057-05:002010-11-15T08:30:48.057-05:00I'd pick storytelling. As a French and Spanish...I'd pick storytelling. As a French and Spanish major, I had to study Spanish Golden age literature. I now despise literature which has beautiful language as it's SOLE focus. Who cares how beautifully you talk, if you're not saying anything?Claire Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354840714847021685noreply@blogger.com