tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post884507036027815202..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-4667526855117455082022-01-07T20:54:49.660+00:002022-01-07T20:54:49.660+00:00This was great to rreadThis was great to rreadShirley Andrewshttps://www.shirleyandrews.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-6023486036856306372010-02-19T14:04:22.821+00:002010-02-19T14:04:22.821+00:00Matt, as we've both realised, chasing the mark...Matt, as we've both realised, chasing the market is clearly futile. If the market comes to me, great; if not, nothing lost.<br /><br />Alis, perhaps the difference between the stories that we write is that, even before you set about designing a novel, you already know the Big Big Story. It was apparent on Monday that you are frighteningly well-informed about the Black Death. That bedrock is already there before you start to plan.<br /><br />In fantasy, though, not only do I know nothing about King Alazian at the start, he doesn't even exist until I make a conscious effort to create him.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-11614730668214045182010-02-19T10:03:18.483+00:002010-02-19T10:03:18.483+00:00Interesting, Tim. For me there's more than one...Interesting, Tim. For me there's more than one level of Big Story - for instance in my current book, the top level BS is who whole socio-political situation in the mid C14, then a level down (more detailed) there's the eruption of the Black Death in southern England. I needed to have a pretty clear idea of both of those things before beginning to write but the plot - or at least the main outline - came before that. So Little Story came first, then I investigated the Big Story against which it was going to take place and, as I plotted further, more sub-elements of Big Story came to the fore - the life of a charcoal burner, particular towns and their fate in the Black Death. And things I learn in reserach will filter in to the story and therefore the plot. So, for me, Big and Little stories are symbiotic, I can't do one without knowing the other.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-77178794363783747302010-02-19T09:36:09.195+00:002010-02-19T09:36:09.195+00:00Hi Tim
Glad to hear that Mondia is still burning ...Hi Tim<br /><br />Glad to hear that Mondia is still burning bright. I think there is always the temptation to write what the publisher wants even if the soul wants something else. I suppose it’s the difference between wanting to write and writing to work. <br /><br />And besides, publishers are fallible. Another publisher might have a different opinion of the series so I reckon it’s right to pursue wants speaks to you rather than pursuing what the market demands or the publisher <em>believes</em> the market demands, especially after the excellent <em>Dog of the North</em>.mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.com