tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079864127530511532.post6607360276046596281..comments2016-11-22T06:01:18.574-08:00Comments on Rain Trueax : researching for writing and funRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079864127530511532.post-70475628719084464972015-01-04T11:12:39.056-08:002015-01-04T11:12:39.056-08:00Well, I like history; so it's not really work ...Well, I like history; so it's not really work for me to explore some region or area. I also stick to western history for books even though I find history around the world of interest.<br /><br />Keep in mind if you are aiming for a literary work, you don't need a plot as such. Literary fiction can literally go nowhere. They offer deliberate commentary on larger social issues, political issues, or focus on the individual (your characters) to explore some part of the human condition. Ironically romances can do that also but they go somewhere and hence don't get the credit from the intellectual crowd ;). <br /><br />I prefer writing contemporary stories but I have these characters I have liked, like the Stevens family from the Oregon series, and they seem to carry on another story eventually just by their relationships. Then I have to research what that would mean but since I love historic research, that's not a bad thing for me :)Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079864127530511532.post-33440513503610778052015-01-04T03:45:22.668-08:002015-01-04T03:45:22.668-08:00My son, like me, writes in his spare time. I was ...My son, like me, writes in his spare time. I was telling him how my writing of a novel is always a fail because I cannot get my mind around a compelling story. I can paint scenery and characters, but they have no ladder! He is writing a book and said that it is fantasy (not sci-fi) because with fantasy you do not have to work so hard at fact and you do not have to know the subject so thoroughly. I do admire your work at writing historical fiction, which is sometimes the hardest to do!Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.com