Allison Symes's Blog - Posts Tagged "acrostics"
Reading Acrostics
R = Riveting
E = Entertaining
A = Alternative Worlds
D = Drama and Dialogue
I = Imagination
N = Narrative
G = Genre Fulfilling/Crossing
All of the above are what I look for in a good read.
Regardless of genre (and I have a soft spot for those books which cross genres), I want the book to be riveting, entertaining, and for the drama and dialogue to keep me gripped until I reach The End.
I want to be amazed (in a good way!) by the author's imagination. There can't be a dull moment in the narrative either.
And yet some people still think writing is easy!!
G = Gripping
E = Educational
N = Nuanced
R = Readability
E = Enchanting
And again, regardless of genres, I want whatever I read to be capable of the above. Yes, fiction can be educational. You can learn from the mistakes the characters make for a start!
For me, nuanced means the characters have to be balanced. Nobody is all evil or all good. The only over the top characters I accept are Mr Toad in The Wind of The Willows and Cruella de Ville in 101 Dalmatians but they are written specifically that way and their characters wouldn't work any other way. But those are rare exceptions to the general rule. Characters should be balanced.
At the end of a book I want to have experienced an enchanting time reading said book. I want something about it to transport me to its setting and to regret leaving it at the end.
Happy reading!
E = Entertaining
A = Alternative Worlds
D = Drama and Dialogue
I = Imagination
N = Narrative
G = Genre Fulfilling/Crossing
All of the above are what I look for in a good read.
Regardless of genre (and I have a soft spot for those books which cross genres), I want the book to be riveting, entertaining, and for the drama and dialogue to keep me gripped until I reach The End.
I want to be amazed (in a good way!) by the author's imagination. There can't be a dull moment in the narrative either.
And yet some people still think writing is easy!!
G = Gripping
E = Educational
N = Nuanced
R = Readability
E = Enchanting
And again, regardless of genres, I want whatever I read to be capable of the above. Yes, fiction can be educational. You can learn from the mistakes the characters make for a start!
For me, nuanced means the characters have to be balanced. Nobody is all evil or all good. The only over the top characters I accept are Mr Toad in The Wind of The Willows and Cruella de Ville in 101 Dalmatians but they are written specifically that way and their characters wouldn't work any other way. But those are rare exceptions to the general rule. Characters should be balanced.
At the end of a book I want to have experienced an enchanting time reading said book. I want something about it to transport me to its setting and to regret leaving it at the end.
Happy reading!
