tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647663006874032467.post1528286194100887215..comments2024-01-05T06:38:04.503-08:00Comments on My Northwest Experience: Gotta Get It RightJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12321865399706410702noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647663006874032467.post-79147155289335834882010-10-20T14:12:15.133-07:002010-10-20T14:12:15.133-07:00Well, in fairness, the letter wasn't 300 pages...Well, in fairness, the letter wasn't 300 pages straight...but still. And the character sharing the letter with the reader was supposedly traveling around Europe at the time. Lugging this manuscript? Really? And it was paper - the setting was way before laptops.<br /><br />By the way...I had to look up epistolary. Now I know a new word. :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12321865399706410702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647663006874032467.post-21322644382625998392010-10-18T13:49:42.991-07:002010-10-18T13:49:42.991-07:00I think you're absolutely right, about needing...I think you're absolutely right, about needing things to be believable or at least believably unbelievable. Vampires, zombies, sure OK, if that's the world you're creating. But as much as I do love epistolary fiction, I just cannot imagine a 300-page letter working in any created world. Ever. Yikes.Catehttp://stupidhumantricks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com