Post by account_disabled on Jan 6, 2024 8:32:24 GMT
When I read the article Vade retro – The taboos of my writing by Chiara Solerio, I thought of doing the same thing. Analyzing ourselves is always positive, it makes us understand ourselves better and above all it traces the boundaries, the limits within which our writing moves. Those boundaries also determine the world told by a writer, the sphere of his narratives, the typology or typologies of stories he writes and will write. Of course, if a writer sets a lot of taboos for himself, in the end he will write very little. The taboo of literary genres: that is, being tied to just one genre I will never understand how many writers like to condemn themselves to a life of monotonous writing. Tolkien didn't produce monotonous works, that's not what I mean, but the fact remains that he remained within very narrow confines.
It's a matter of taste, obviously, and everyone is free to write what they want. For me, however, it is seen as a taboo towards all other narrative genres. Stories I would write, but can't write now I wanted to group my taboos into two categories and not 3 like Chiara. The first includes Special Data those stories that I love to read, but don't yet have the skills to write about them. I've written a few very short stories in these genres, but nothing major and it's not enough as an exercise to throw myself into a novel. Mysteries : to tell the truth I haven't read many. I'm talking about true mysteries, though, because the Sherlock Holmes stories are more detective stories than actual detective stories. Reading Agatha Christie was different. On a site I read the guidelines for writing a mystery and it doesn't seem to be easy.
If I were to write one, I would want it to respect all those rules, but at the same time be different from the others. Historical novels : I like them very much, especially if they are set in the Middle Ages. But first of all you need a great deal of documentation on the historical period of reference, then a certain ability to mix historical figures and fictitious characters, which is not necessarily necessary. I have some historical novels on my list that I would like to write, but I don't dare tackle them yet. Science fiction : another genre I love. But how much do I know this genre? Aside from several works by Asimov and Dick, I have read few other authors. Not much, therefore, to produce my own science fiction novel.
It's a matter of taste, obviously, and everyone is free to write what they want. For me, however, it is seen as a taboo towards all other narrative genres. Stories I would write, but can't write now I wanted to group my taboos into two categories and not 3 like Chiara. The first includes Special Data those stories that I love to read, but don't yet have the skills to write about them. I've written a few very short stories in these genres, but nothing major and it's not enough as an exercise to throw myself into a novel. Mysteries : to tell the truth I haven't read many. I'm talking about true mysteries, though, because the Sherlock Holmes stories are more detective stories than actual detective stories. Reading Agatha Christie was different. On a site I read the guidelines for writing a mystery and it doesn't seem to be easy.
If I were to write one, I would want it to respect all those rules, but at the same time be different from the others. Historical novels : I like them very much, especially if they are set in the Middle Ages. But first of all you need a great deal of documentation on the historical period of reference, then a certain ability to mix historical figures and fictitious characters, which is not necessarily necessary. I have some historical novels on my list that I would like to write, but I don't dare tackle them yet. Science fiction : another genre I love. But how much do I know this genre? Aside from several works by Asimov and Dick, I have read few other authors. Not much, therefore, to produce my own science fiction novel.