ROWLING FOR NOBEL PRIZE? I have seen that a fans have sought to nominate J. K. Rowling for the Nobel Prize in Literature. I think she is worthy of it. There have been few writers with her genius for telling a complex story–Dickens, Dostoevsky, Robertson Davies. Books that appeal to children are wrongly excluded from serious literature. And if not Rowling, why not Philip Pullman?
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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.
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!