On the Eve's Eve of Harry Potter
Many people, including me, are anxiously awaiting the next chapter in the world of Witchcraft and Wizadry. Many local bookstores are having fun activities beginning at 8:00 or 9:00pm tomorrow to kick-off the release of The Half-Blood Prince, the sixth Harry Potter book, which will be sold beginning this Saturday, July 16. This means, I'll probably have a review the 17th or so, so keep your eyes peeled (though the cliche/phrase sounds painful).
Question for today: What makes a good tale -- the language or the story? Or do they need each other to make a good story?
I'll send an owl to retrieve the answer, personally.
Question for today: What makes a good tale -- the language or the story? Or do they need each other to make a good story?
I'll send an owl to retrieve the answer, personally.
posted by Timcom at 1:00 PM
1 Comments:
In answer to your question, which by the way was a thought-provoking one, I must say that the story is very important, but to create something truly magnificent, the writing must be as good or better than the story. An excellent example of the common failure to balance these two aspects would be Star Wars, Episode 1, 2, and 3. Although the story was nothing short of genius, the writing lacked much to be desired. You may be thinking as you read this, that the example does not apply to the question because it refers to a movie, not a book. To this I would say that movies are much the same as books, the difference being that movies do not have to describe as much because they have pictures to fill the space. However a movie, or a book depends on it's writing and dialogue to bring the story to life.
By the way, the owl that came to pick this up got all lost and confused. Some ruddy bird called Arol!
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