Let me know if my decision to swap in between formal review style and cartoon "Book Burning" style was good or bad. I think that the Discord server is probably a terrible idea, but I'm trying it out anyway to see if it might drive up traffic.
CloudCuckooCountry I'd say it works. It gives a chance for the comedic bits to surprise people more, as well as give a better idea of what's part of the actual review and what's meant for a laugh.
its pretty good so far. Your reviews are always informative and entertaining to watch. I'm curious about where you've picked up on all your Literacy vocabulary, I get most of it comes from an understanding of the English Language. But HOW aspiring writers use it in their novels seems important, AkA the difference between say... The Violinist of Venice, and Nutshell. If you got any books, RU-vid channels, or websites I'd love to check them out. Laters :)
+Raul Endymion I'm taking a science and journalism degree. In journalism I have learned about use of language and copyediting. I've also taken literature studies as electives and have done volunteering as a copyeditor for a magazine, which is where I have been picking up those skills. I'd say my strongest ability in writing is in compressing complex information. I also just read a lot of books, both contemporary and classic, as well as native English and foreign. This helps to expose me to a wide array of different ways that authors use the English language, both good and bad. Having a higher than average level of English comprehension really helps when you read as widely as I do. I've also read a couple of works on how academics tend to read and analyse fiction. I find this information useful to know, however I don't tend to take an academic approach when analysing books myself. I don't remember what the titles and authors were, though.
Alright, any info is useful. The mechanics of writing are just as interesting and important to making any decent not crap book, as say the plot or characters are.
The structure was good for jokes, but sometimes it was clunky. In the main segments there is music and a calmer tone but when you switch there isn't and a more casual voice which doesn't always fit the best together (combining the two was still a good idea though and this was still a good video).
I don't know why, but I find the sex scenes (or rather the way they are written) bloody hillarious. Couldn't hold my laughter when you read them aloud. Now I wonder whether that was the author's original intent, or is it just me being a weirdo.
I have to admit that I'm usually a fan of the whole "random musings" thing in books, but maybe I just haven't seen enough examples of it being done poorly. Lately, I've been reading 'I am a Cat' (which is indeed narrated by a cat) and it's full of "random musings." But I always enjoyed them mainly because there's a good deal of satire involved in that all the philosophical ramblings demonstrate exactly the kind of incredibly self-centered worldview that you'd expect of a lazy house cat that does nothing but observe people all day.
+Scatterbrain I can see that. My gripe with most random musings is that they're too extensive, too frequent, or weirdly placed, but I have no qualm with them merely existing in the text if it helps the text in an efficient way.
@@CloudCuckooCountry I know this is a year late but the random musings in Nutshell are not random at all but serve the purpose of developing the theme of existential uncertainty. The narrator's deep interest in the outside world and the people that populate it are a reflection of his deep anxiety about being born. Is this world worth being born into? Was it a good thing that I was conceived? It's "to be or not to be" from the other side of the vagina (the plot's pretty much Hamlet if you think about it). Just my interpretation, of course.
Yeah I probably should change the term at this point. My gripe with what I (half-jokingly) call “random musings” is less the “random” part and more the “musings” part. My primary problem with musings in literature is that I don’t feel that they make the best use of the medium. They forego creating meaning using literary form or storytelling in place of directly explaining ideas to the reader. So yeah, your interpretation definitely sounds valid and defensible, but I don’t think it addresses my main issue with the novel.
McEwan's "thing" is to conjure to most fucked up, morbid scenarios and perspectives and describe them in graphic detail in the prettiest sort of poesy.
I don't mind the swapping of tone and more goofy character depiction, but I wish the animation was a little more fleshed out. Since those are the moments when the sprite enters the forefront of our attention. I like the way you speak. Your videos aren't as similar to Shammy's and he said it would be, but I like them.
+CloudCuckooCountry I wanted to try reading one of his books, since he had gained so much popularity. When I picked up "An Abundance of Katherines", and leafed through it, I was turned off by his writing style. I wish I had the opportunity to read his books when I was younger, since his writing is blatantly targeted at young teens and below.
