tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post6299307958715153200..comments2023-04-30T07:27:54.645-07:00Comments on <b>HUNGRY GHOST BLOG</b>: Dan Brown opinion of the dayDavid Chutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-29428520139369949782009-09-17T15:22:54.865-07:002009-09-17T15:22:54.865-07:00No one, I am certain, takes a creative writing cou...<em>No one, I am certain, takes a creative writing course with the aim of writing over-wrought, long-winded, critically-reviled thrillers.</em><br /><br />Insert fantasy for thrillers, and you have the exact reason I took the creative writing classes I did at University. So long as you add the additional clause, "that sell like hotcakes."<br /><br />I think many genre fiction writers become genre fiction writers because they want to write like someone they enjoy. When I talk to friends about the fantasy they want to write, they often answer "I want to write like 'derivative writer x'" entirely without irony.<br /><br />My problem lies in the fact that even writing over-wrought, long-winded narratives is difficult.Christian Lindkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381310217234123318noreply@blogger.com