tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917370482873485581.post4052691554746139457..comments2023-05-21T22:08:56.320+10:00Comments on Write!: InterludeSCRIBBLYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615131425892448844noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917370482873485581.post-67187066545987507152008-03-30T16:03:00.000+11:002008-03-30T16:03:00.000+11:00Now that I'm further along in the book, the pacing...Now that I'm further along in the book, the pacing has definitely slowed - along with the page-turning quality of the novel. Fascinating working out why. My opinion is that, since the book is written in first person and Mary Boleyn is the only POV character, she's not able to provide the reader with a satisfying enough account of the story.<BR/><BR/>The king is now in Anne's bed, and all those details are no longer accessible. While he was in Mary's bed, I was completely drawn in by the development of their relationship. Henry VIII was an exciting character for Mary to interact with. Now all the most important - and powerful - exchanges are between him and Anne, and are only given as second hand accounts.SCRIBBLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615131425892448844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4917370482873485581.post-29527214922021599722008-03-29T16:21:00.000+11:002008-03-29T16:21:00.000+11:00Interesting comments about the pacing, particularl...Interesting comments about the pacing, particularly given the type of plot. Might have to get myself a copy and have a look. (I'm particularly thinking about it because Lisa just had me thinking about <I>Atonement</I>. <BR/><BR/>Re leaving stuff to the imagination -- that's so right. I bought a book on drawing fantasy worlds the other day (not that I'm a drawer, but I just loved the pictures) and there was a picture of a cave opening and the comment said that the inside of the cave had been left dark and to the observer's imagination, and that the picture would have been far less interesting and successful had it all been illuminated. I thought that a powerful example -- and so much easier to grasp immediately than explaining how it works in fiction, so took it in to show my students. I think they all got it!Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932807900624163063noreply@blogger.com