Yahtzee Wrote a Book
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Well it started badly. Some of the analogies were a bit off. You described a bustling, crowded street as a catwalk of armour clad monsters, or something like that. Well catwalks aren't very crowded, or bustling. They're usually very orderly and quiet. So that was a bit of an inconsistent image.
The prose is very strange in places. Not going to provide examples as I'm sure other have already. But around page 4, when the faulty exposition finally stops and the dialogue begins, it does become the classic, funny, recognizable Yahtzee prose that we all love.
One or two cliches made me flinch. I suppose it's too late to weed those out now.
Ah well, you're still young. Nobody expected you to score full marks on your first attempt. Even classic writers like Hunter Thompson wrote amateurism, unpublishable novels until their mid-30's.
By the end I was enjoying it, despite a few niggles that persisted to the end. Work on your exposition, keep at it, etc.
The prose is very strange in places. Not going to provide examples as I'm sure other have already. But around page 4, when the faulty exposition finally stops and the dialogue begins, it does become the classic, funny, recognizable Yahtzee prose that we all love.
One or two cliches made me flinch. I suppose it's too late to weed those out now.
Ah well, you're still young. Nobody expected you to score full marks on your first attempt. Even classic writers like Hunter Thompson wrote amateurism, unpublishable novels until their mid-30's.
By the end I was enjoying it, despite a few niggles that persisted to the end. Work on your exposition, keep at it, etc.
Perhaps I'm a just more of a fan of the omniscient third-person narrative, because I've always found first-person to be jarring in terms of immersion. Of course, it's not necessary for you to become the main character, but even if it helps you relate, it's going somewhere.brunothepig said:
Read a few pages and decided to save it for when I have the entire thing.
I will be reading it from iBooks on my iPad... right?
PLEASE?!
I will be reading it from iBooks on my iPad... right?
PLEASE?!
This book looks really interesting! If only I could order it from somewhere like Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk...
Seriously though my order's in.
Seriously though my order's in.
I will tell the truth. I didnt think Yahtzee was capable of providing an amazing novel. By was I ever wrong! This is amazing just by reading the snippets I was enticed to carry on reading! I may have to pre order this.
Deffinatly not my cup of tea, It seems interesting but I think the big reason I can't read it it after the first couple of pages is his style of writing..
I read books with a high standard of writing,books that have been writen by authors with years of expirance in novel writing,
not saying yahtzee's book is bad or anything, it's just not as devoloped or defined, which is understandable for someone trying something new, If he continues, his writing skills will definatly improve.
right now when I read it it seems to me that he is using his "zero punctuation" voice (aka fast dialogue), which I don't think entirely works for a novel, it would be cool if it was an audio book though.
I read books with a high standard of writing,books that have been writen by authors with years of expirance in novel writing,
not saying yahtzee's book is bad or anything, it's just not as devoloped or defined, which is understandable for someone trying something new, If he continues, his writing skills will definatly improve.
right now when I read it it seems to me that he is using his "zero punctuation" voice (aka fast dialogue), which I don't think entirely works for a novel, it would be cool if it was an audio book though.