Comments on: ROWLING FOR NOBEL PRIZE? http://philipschaefer.com/2007/07/24/rowling-for-nobel-prize/ Theories, observations, and articles Fri, 18 May 2012 17:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dick Weisfelder http://philipschaefer.com/2007/07/24/rowling-for-nobel-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Dick Weisfelder Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:34:32 +0000 http://philipschaefer.com/2007/07/24/rowling-for-nobel-prize/#comment-423 If you want to read a really elitist view of Rowling, see the following from South Africa. http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=315132&area=/columnist__tom_eaton/ I think he's a prep (English public) school boy who can't take the satire! If you want to read a really elitist view of Rowling, see the following from South Africa.

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=315132&area=/columnist__tom_eaton/

I think he’s a prep (English public) school boy who can’t take the satire!

]]> By: Annalisa http://philipschaefer.com/2007/07/24/rowling-for-nobel-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Annalisa Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:31:27 +0000 http://philipschaefer.com/2007/07/24/rowling-for-nobel-prize/#comment-421 People may complain about Rowling's overuse of adjectives, adverbs, and italicized writing (I've seen all these criticisms), but I think it's undoubtedly clear that she can write a page-turner. This is a skill that goes unsung by critics and English professors, in my experience. I believe that effective plotting should be applauded. As an aspiring writer myself, I find it difficult to create a plot that thrums along at a pace that makes the reader want to keep up. And if readers aren't interested in finishing your book, what use is it? I can only hope that plotting is not an inborn skill, because I really want to learn it myself. People may complain about Rowling’s overuse of adjectives, adverbs, and italicized writing (I’ve seen all these criticisms), but I think it’s undoubtedly clear that she can write a page-turner. This is a skill that goes unsung by critics and English professors, in my experience. I believe that effective plotting should be applauded. As an aspiring writer myself, I find it difficult to create a plot that thrums along at a pace that makes the reader want to keep up. And if readers aren’t interested in finishing your book, what use is it?

I can only hope that plotting is not an inborn skill, because I really want to learn it myself.

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