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When I grow up I want to be a writer...

colubra

12/12/03 07:58 pm

So I keep promising myself, every year when National Novel Writing Month comes around, that I'll actually put my nose to the grindstone and start actually writing a novel.
I'm curious which of these sounds a more interesting first novel.

Poll #219671 Novel

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Which of these two concepts for a novel sounds more amusing to you?

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A farcical rendition of Thomas Mallory's immortal work set in a trailer park, tenatively titled 'Mort and Arthur'

13(36.1%)

A picaresque a la Dangerous Liasons, featuring John Dee's magical theory, Shakespearean comedy's plot elements, and Romantic literature's style

23(63.9%)

UPDATE: the picaresque is still holding the lead on this one- and I'm suspecting that an original work would be easier to maintain tempo through rather than stumbling through writing 70,000 words + of a farce.

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• dgenerator

  12/12/03 08:05 pm (UTC)

  

  Anything that ends up making fun of John Dee is cool with me.
  

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  • That'd be one of the least comedic elements.

    colubra

    12/12/03 08:07 pm (UTC)

    

    Think of it from the science fiction perspective on world-building: 'What if John Dee's magic actually worked?'

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• bayushi

  12/12/03 08:35 pm (UTC)

  

  I can't choose, I want to read BOTH of these.

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  • I COMPLETELY understand.

    colubra

    12/12/03 08:43 pm (UTC)

    

    One comes with buckling of swashes, and the other comes with a half-insane Vietnam vet named Merle, who knows voodoo.
    But I can only write one at a time!

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