Keroro
asked
Scott Hawkins:
I read that book twice, and love it. I am curious: if that book is sequel to new testament what could be next? Do You have any ideas about continuation? That question buggin' me all the time. From one side, story is complete, and, prolly, there is no point for continuing. From another side, I want to read more about it.
Scott Hawkins
Hey Keroro,
> From one side, story is complete, and, prolly, there is no point for continuing. From another side, I want to read more about it.
Yeah, honestly, I'm the same way. I seriously miss those guys myself, and I love it that people are interested enough to ask for a sequel. But sequels are tricky. Take, for instance, Mad Max. The first movie was watchable and definitely had some good spots, but it was a little uneven.
The second one (Road Warrior / Mad Max II) is one of my all-time favorite movies. There was a period in 1984ish when HBO ran that movie pretty much 24x7 and I watched it basically every time. I was a total fanboy. Then in 1986ish, they put out another sequel, Beyond Thunderdome. (What's that you say? Never heard of that one? Count yourself lucky.)
I was like a kid on Christmas when Thunderdome came out. COULD.NOT.WAIT. And then it sucked. Seriously. There were some good reasons for it (key personnel died in a helicopter crash) and some bad ones (PG-13?!?!!? Mad MAX?!?!?). But the reasons don't really matter, I guess. It was a disappointment.
It was so bad that we had to wait close to three before we got Fury Road (which I also thought was great.)
Anyway, what I'm kind of wrestling with here in terms of a Mount Char sequel is that I'd like to do Road Warrior or Fury Road, but right this particular second I'm afraid what I've got is closer to Beyond Thunderdome. If I ran with what I've got now I can pretty much promise that I'd be sad, you'd probably be sad, everyone would be sad.
Basically, if I can come up with an idea that doesn't suck, I'll do it. Otherwise it might be best to leave well enough alone.
I will do a couple of prequel short stories though. I've got ideas for those already.
> From one side, story is complete, and, prolly, there is no point for continuing. From another side, I want to read more about it.
Yeah, honestly, I'm the same way. I seriously miss those guys myself, and I love it that people are interested enough to ask for a sequel. But sequels are tricky. Take, for instance, Mad Max. The first movie was watchable and definitely had some good spots, but it was a little uneven.
The second one (Road Warrior / Mad Max II) is one of my all-time favorite movies. There was a period in 1984ish when HBO ran that movie pretty much 24x7 and I watched it basically every time. I was a total fanboy. Then in 1986ish, they put out another sequel, Beyond Thunderdome. (What's that you say? Never heard of that one? Count yourself lucky.)
I was like a kid on Christmas when Thunderdome came out. COULD.NOT.WAIT. And then it sucked. Seriously. There were some good reasons for it (key personnel died in a helicopter crash) and some bad ones (PG-13?!?!!? Mad MAX?!?!?). But the reasons don't really matter, I guess. It was a disappointment.
It was so bad that we had to wait close to three before we got Fury Road (which I also thought was great.)
Anyway, what I'm kind of wrestling with here in terms of a Mount Char sequel is that I'd like to do Road Warrior or Fury Road, but right this particular second I'm afraid what I've got is closer to Beyond Thunderdome. If I ran with what I've got now I can pretty much promise that I'd be sad, you'd probably be sad, everyone would be sad.
Basically, if I can come up with an idea that doesn't suck, I'll do it. Otherwise it might be best to leave well enough alone.
I will do a couple of prequel short stories though. I've got ideas for those already.
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Jeannette
asked
Scott Hawkins:
It's been months and I'd still rather be reading about Mount Char. I was wondering, what scene were you most insecure about when writing it? I know when I write I am crippled with frustration and insecurity, particularly with heavily violent or dramatic scenes. Did you ever feel this way? Despite the book being brilliant.
Elaine
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Scott Hawkins:
This is more of a fangush disguised as a question. I just finished the book and compared reaading you to when I first discovered Stephen King. A whole new disturbing world opened up. Wow! So here is my question. How disturbed were your dreams when you were writing this? In other words, did you find it hard to keep this wonderfully interesting world from intruding on your real world as you wrote the book?
Travis Cottreau
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Scott Hawkins:
Thanks so much for "The Library at Mount Char". Your bio reminded me so much of a friend of mine living in the US (I'm in New Zealand), that I took a photo off the back cover and sent it to him. He agreed. I would love to know your writing method. Do you just set aside time and write, or do you have techniques to trick yourself into sitting down? Also, how long had you been working on the novel before publication?
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