The thing that makes that novel work so well is also what makes it so frustrating too, I think. The prose is so bland that it cultivates a kind unstoppable dread, the weight of which renders us as helpless as the main characters.
Do you ever do that thing where a story isn't working so you move your first line to be the last line? It's a real dumb trick but it works a lot I think.
The thing that makes that novel work so well is also what makes it so frustrating too, I think. The prose is so bland that it cultivates a kind unstoppable dread, the weight of which renders us as helpless as the main characters.
Do you ever do that thing where a story isn't working so you move your first line to be the last line? It's a real dumb trick but it works a lot I think.