tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post1133914610605288502..comments2024-01-09T21:15:37.808-05:00Comments on Scriptorius Rex: Writing Lessons From DuneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post-31596275732737749372007-09-28T10:11:00.000-04:002007-09-28T10:11:00.000-04:00I usually skip over lengthy quotes at the beginnin...I usually skip over lengthy quotes at the beginnings of chapters, especially if they look like poetry. So when I actually read them for Dune I was a bit surprised.Jeff Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950686688288213875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post-2432780885285079422007-09-27T01:27:00.000-04:002007-09-27T01:27:00.000-04:00I switch points of view, but I usually do so only ...I switch points of view, but I usually do so only after an obvious scene change (double space, asterisks, something visual on the page) or with the chapter break. I like the flexibility of getting inside different minds and seeing other characters/sensing the world in new ways.<BR/><BR/>As for chapters headings from "history" books, I think that's a cool concept, and have seen it elsewhere, usually in fantasy or science fiction, though snippets of actual history texts or literature have often been used as chapter headers in other genres.Keanan Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638962927055276969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post-17258343183165544302007-09-26T23:21:00.000-04:002007-09-26T23:21:00.000-04:00It is a much better book now than it was then.It is a much better book now than it was then.Jeff Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950686688288213875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33982401.post-13882265334650589752007-09-26T01:39:00.000-04:002007-09-26T01:39:00.000-04:00Dune is another book I want to re-read. I actually...Dune is another book I want to re-read. I actually loved it as a teen, I think I was just "ready" or so bored out of my skull I tuned in. But reading now is a totally different creature...when you can go in and see what makes it work and not work.Kappa no Hehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00909580462578058631noreply@blogger.com