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Defining A Good Read
How would you define a good read?
For me, it is any story of any length and genre, where I have to read through to the finish.
Usually it is the character which grips me. Sometimes it’s an intriguing premise. The very best stories have both of those.
But I have been just as entertained and gripped by a well crafted 100 word story as I have been by the other end of the scale, a 100,000 word novel.
I like a wide variety of genres though my favourites are fantasy, fairytales especially, history (fiction and non-fiction) and crime.
Thankfully I have not abandoned many stories of any length because they haven’t engaged but in those cases where it did happen, I know it was because I wasn’t convinced by the characterisation, yet alone gripped by it.
Still in a way this is useful. I know what I like and dislike here so I can avoid making the same mistakes in my own work.
Life is too short to not have good reads in your reading pile!
For me, it is any story of any length and genre, where I have to read through to the finish.
Usually it is the character which grips me. Sometimes it’s an intriguing premise. The very best stories have both of those.
But I have been just as entertained and gripped by a well crafted 100 word story as I have been by the other end of the scale, a 100,000 word novel.
I like a wide variety of genres though my favourites are fantasy, fairytales especially, history (fiction and non-fiction) and crime.
Thankfully I have not abandoned many stories of any length because they haven’t engaged but in those cases where it did happen, I know it was because I wasn’t convinced by the characterisation, yet alone gripped by it.
Still in a way this is useful. I know what I like and dislike here so I can avoid making the same mistakes in my own work.
Life is too short to not have good reads in your reading pile!
