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Writer's Block: Best book ever!
Mar. 7th, 2010 11:20 am[Error: unknown template qotd]The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I've read it cover to cover multiple times, but I've also gone back to it, flipped it open to wherever, and just read from there. It taught me about description and how not to overwrite but still to pack a punch in your prose.
As for whether or not I discover something new: It reminds me of what my LIt & Film professor just lectured on. We're covering Amadeus right now, and he brought up the fact that Shaffer reworked the play after it had already gone to Broadway and been adapted for the screen. Essentially, his hypothesis is that Shaffer, as he'd gotten older, had felt the story needed reworking because he had changed. This is how I feel about The Secret History. I have gotten older (I first read it at twenty-two), so the story has changed only for the better to me, especially the Camilla/Henry subplot.
As for whether or not I discover something new: It reminds me of what my LIt & Film professor just lectured on. We're covering Amadeus right now, and he brought up the fact that Shaffer reworked the play after it had already gone to Broadway and been adapted for the screen. Essentially, his hypothesis is that Shaffer, as he'd gotten older, had felt the story needed reworking because he had changed. This is how I feel about The Secret History. I have gotten older (I first read it at twenty-two), so the story has changed only for the better to me, especially the Camilla/Henry subplot.
