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Originally Posted by Blink  The whole concept of this book seems like you came up with the idea sophomore year of highschool, then later wrote about it while in college. I read part of the excerpt it lets you read, and while I can't complain about how it's written, I couldn't find myself interested unless I was one of the classic fake, egotistical b..ches you meet in highschool. I don't believe that each day people get up and act one way "because of my friend John." I believe that the majority of people are themselves, and will always be themselves, but who's to say there is no such thing as influence? If my friend has some funny word he says or he acts some way to be funny, would I be not myself if I played along, and sometimes did it as well, because people got a kick out of it and/or the two friends simply thought it was funny? I'm still me, and just because people have influenced the way I act, doesn't mean I'm putting on a facade. Granted, there's thousands of people out there, who aren't themselves each day, due to what they've gotten themselves into. Kids getting into gangs, and popular kids in highschool, are a couple I could see falling into the changing faces group. |
I'm not going to try and sell the book to you if you find it unappealing, but I'd like to take some time to clear up some things.
The general concept of book 1 (Changing Faces) is merely a rough depiction of a social philosophy; as with all philosophy, there are no answers, only ideas. The focus of the book is on the main character, not on the people around him. Thusly, there's really no generalizations on how ALL people act that way -- the people the character encounters embody a single "Face," to which the main character adapts.
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The second part I found almost humorous. First of all, like Zeague said, "I wonder who that could be," and second of all, because of the idea behind it. You make it sound like you're the Giver, and you're gonna unlock Storms' mind and change his life forever, then he changes the world as your apprentice lol.
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Not me, the character. And yeah, that's kind of the concept of the book. It's fiction, I'm allowed to make up crazy sh.t like that.
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I'm sure this will get flamed and/or deleted, and thinking of it now, the whole "changing faces" theme is all too prevalent here on H3F. I'm gonna guess that about half of the people that reviewed it and said "sounds great I'm buying," will get it, try to read the first page, and stop. Not because they don't like it, but because they got suckered into buying a book they don't like or even understand, because it was on H3F.
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I think the book has lots of relevance to the forum, or at least how people interact on a forum. I'd hope that the readers who buy my book don't purchase it on account of just helping a friend out. To the readers who read very little, the book may have more appeal than those who read lots of great literature. It's not literature quality; I focus more on philosophy than storyline, because philosophy is my passion.
You'll never get a post like this deleted. There's nothing I want more from my readers than criticism. It's what helps me write a better book next time.
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Sorry man, just doesn't look like a read for me.
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That's fine dude.
Also, I will say that after reading up on a lot of other writers, the general system of your first book is just getting it out there. I'm not trying to make a living selling books -- I have to sell 140 copies just to break even on this thing. I'm satisfied in itself having my work published at such a young age; it's a good sense of accomplishment.
My next book is something I'm going to take a LOT more time on. Now that I know the publishing processes and all the things needed to go through, I'm more aware of what it takes to really write a book. I'm writing a dark satire, which will consist entirely of fiction, rather than having most of the events taken from real life. For those interested,
here's the thread I made on it.
Thanks Blink. I had a really hard time while writing this finding criticism to better refine the work. I'm past this book now; I have more writing to do, and no time to waste dwelling over what's already done.
09-26-2007
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