Comments on: The Balance: Between litrary emotion and pulpy action… http://pauljessup.com/2009/07/02/the-balance-between-litrary-introspection-and-pulpy-action/ Writer of Fictions Strange Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: admin http://pauljessup.com/2009/07/02/the-balance-between-litrary-introspection-and-pulpy-action/#comment-949 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:31:07 +0000 http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/?p=1270#comment-949 Patricia Briggs- her werewolf books are a perfect example of this. The third book also shows a danger- of going too far in one direction and making it too much of an emotional mess, without actual cause for it in the plot.

That’s why I said ying and yang- the emotional context needs to be logical according to the plot…the plot needs the emotional context to heighten the drama

]]> By: admin http://pauljessup.com/2009/07/02/the-balance-between-litrary-introspection-and-pulpy-action/#comment-948 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:10:24 +0000 http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/?p=1270#comment-948 Hmmm…introspection was the wrong word for the title…

Anyway, I was thinking of works like Douglas Coupland, Kazuo Ishiguro, Haruki Murakami, etc etc. Where the main character’s interaction with other characters can create a powerful, emotional resonance. I was talking more about how this could be leveraged in an action novel to up the stakes and give more of a thrill and an emotional layering.

I’m trying to think of books that do both…Nova comes to mind, but it’s over 30 years old.

]]> By: admin http://pauljessup.com/2009/07/02/the-balance-between-litrary-introspection-and-pulpy-action/#comment-947 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:43 +0000 http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/?p=1270#comment-947 I think you misunderstood…

Not literary navel gazing- have you ever read Delany’s Nova?

]]> By: Colleen Lindsay http://pauljessup.com/2009/07/02/the-balance-between-litrary-introspection-and-pulpy-action/#comment-946 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:58:43 +0000 http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/?p=1270#comment-946 No literary navel-gazing, please…doesn’t pay the rent.

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