What’s your favorite line from a book or movie? I know there are a lot to choose from, but whenever I’m asked that I always go immediately to the great Bette Davis in All About Eve, turning to the partygoers and saying, “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” (You really have to watch the clip and listen to the voice for the full effect).
What’s your favorite line?
Category Archives: Reader Friday
Reader Friday: Under Appreciated Books?
Recently, Publishers Weekly put put out a list of books you read in high school that you should read again. One of them was The Great Gatsby, which I did re-read recently. While I admire the writing, the book itself just doesn’t grab me. I would replace this book in the American canon with an under appreciated classic, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.
Today’s question: What under appreciated book would you like to see high schoolers reading today?
Reader Friday: Who Was That Masked Man?
Reader Friday: It’s Never Too Late
Reader Friday: Awards, or “Do They Really Like Me?”
Reader Friday: Do You Read More Than One Book At A Time?
I had a little R & R and writing time in December, and was at a beach house for a bit. I brought some books, and soon discovered I was reading three at once, in different modes. I had an audio of ENDER’S GAME for when I walked; THE RED SCARF by Gil Brewer at the top of my Kindle; and a real honest to goodness print book (remember those?), THE PASSAGE. And I was going back and forth between them.
What about you? Do you find yourself reading more than one book at a time? What’s your record?
Reader Friday: How Do You Create Characters?
There are three kinds of writers: those who can count, and those who can’t. Also, those who like to fill out questionnaires or do extensive biographies of their main characters, and those who like to make up characters “on the fly” and flesh them out as they go along. So what is your preferred method for creating original and dynamic characters for your fiction?
Reader Friday: Your Favorite Minor Characters
Reader Friday: Favorite Novel
Last week we asked about your favorite movie of all time. What’s your favorite novel? Or let’s put it this way: What’s the one you’d take to that fabled desert island? (If you must, you can have a couple).
But also why? What is it about this particular novel that speaks to you? What can other writers learn from it?