Hi Suresh. I wanted to know how you go about writing these war comics. Do you work with an illustrator or do you illustrate them as well?
I have a story for 9-12 yr-olds that I want to market to publishers but I don't know how to go about it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Radhika El jue., 4 abr. 2024 7:34 a. m., Suresh Ramasubramanian via Silklist < [email protected]> escribió: > All I write are “war comics”, a more or less uniquely British genre. I do > agree with what you say but would also add is that the ultimate goal of > writing is to make your audience interested in your ideas, to care for your > characters and share their joys, feel their pain etc. > > Far easier said than done though, especially when writing pulp comic > strips that are a standard 64 a5 sized pages in length. Or maybe the grass > is greener on the other side and it is far easier in a long form article or > full length novel where you can elaborate your ideas and have more scope to > build your characters. > > --srs > ------------------------------ > *From:* Silklist <[email protected]> > on behalf of Bruce Metcalf via Silklist <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, April 4, 2024 7:06:15 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Bruce Metcalf <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Silk] How to write > > On 4/4/24 17:06, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist wrote: > > > I found this perspective (from a newsletter on, of all things, Brit > > politics) fasinating. Basically, "everything is interesting." > > > > What are the group's thoughts on both the process of writing, and the > > specific hypothesis that "everything is interesting"? > > > It reminds me a bit of a lesson I learned at the knee of the late Ray > Bradbury, "Writers write! That's how we know we're writers. I sit down > at the typewriter every morning, put in a sheet of paper, and put down > words. Some days they're great and I keep them; some days they're shit > and I toss them. It doesn't matter, I keep writing, because if I don't > write, then I'm not a writer, and then what am I?" > > He was talking about fiction of course, but I don't think non-fiction is > much different. I've been writing professionally for nearly half a > century, and I can't say I've had any trouble from "writer's block." > Yes, some days what I write is junk, but I can generally come up with > something better the next day ... and the next if needed. > > As for the argument that "everything is interesting," I call BS. Bad > writing (or bad teaching) can make any topic the most boring and > off-putting subject imaginable. Good writing (and good teaching) can > often do just the opposite. This is how you test for good writing -- is > it interesting? > > I think people romanticize writing. It's a task just like building a > house. You can build a beautiful or ugly building, a sound or rickety > building, a building that suits it's purpose or one that frustrates > those who use it. Writing is the same. To those who claim the existence > of plans and building inspectors makes carpentry different, permit me to > introduce them to the concept of task definitions and editors. > > Is writing easy? Is carpentry? You can learn skills to make both easier, > you can use what techniques help produce good product, and some people > just aren't good at one or the other. > > Is everything interesting? Better to ask if writing on a given topic -- > and reading the results -- is interesting, or fun, or informative, or > inspiring, or whatever end you're going for. "Interesting" isn't an > inherent quality of the topic. > > Cheers, > / Bruce / > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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