Kent Anderson
This will take a while --
The opening words I wrote above weren't intended as a pun or a joke, and I think maybe they're the short answer to the question.
In any case, I'm gonna answer this question a bit at a time while I figgure it out for myself. I submitted this question myself, so I'd be forced to answer it over the next few days or weeks.
1. I see life as scenes, isolated scenes, and I can write scenes each with its own self-contained narrative arc (if that's the correct term) so I can usually pass them off as short stories. If you look at the scenes in my novels, you'll see that almost all of them can stand alone.
2. This begs the questions, why do I see life that way? What is a plot? Why do readers want a plot in a novel? How is a novel different from so-called real life?
TO BE CONTINUED
The opening words I wrote above weren't intended as a pun or a joke, and I think maybe they're the short answer to the question.
In any case, I'm gonna answer this question a bit at a time while I figgure it out for myself. I submitted this question myself, so I'd be forced to answer it over the next few days or weeks.
1. I see life as scenes, isolated scenes, and I can write scenes each with its own self-contained narrative arc (if that's the correct term) so I can usually pass them off as short stories. If you look at the scenes in my novels, you'll see that almost all of them can stand alone.
2. This begs the questions, why do I see life that way? What is a plot? Why do readers want a plot in a novel? How is a novel different from so-called real life?
TO BE CONTINUED
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John
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Kent Anderson:
Dear Mr Anderson,my name is Hadrien, Im an historian who lives in France. I loved "Sympathy" when I read it years ago, I searched for historical facts behind your book for my personnal fun.I have LOTS of documents (pictures, texts, AARs) that might interest you (including a picture of you in Mai Loc).Can't develop here because size of message is limited. If interested please contact me at Hadrien75011@hotmail.com ?
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