Do I win a prize??

BarbaraKE · Jan 6, 2009

Let's see - My book has ...

. a prologue and an epilogue (working together as a framing device),

. a 'Note to Reader',

. two (short) dream sequences and

. several flashbacks (of which at least one includes another flashback).

All that's got to be worth something...

:tongue

stormie · Jan 6, 2009

But did you write an acknowledgement? And dedication? Hmmm...? (I am hoping you're being facetious.

)
And of course you open chapter one with the MC looking at him/herself in the mirror. RIght?!

Cyia · Jan 6, 2009

It doesn't count unless the book opens as the MC wakes up.

BarbaraKE · Jan 6, 2009

stormie said:
But did you write an acknowledgement? And dedication? Hmmm...?!

(I am hoping you're being facetious. )

Oh my gosh - how could I forget about a dedication and acknowledgements. Don't worry - I'll add them ASAP!!

(I am being facetious about 'winning a prize'. But I'm perfectly serious that my book includes all of these things. Feel free to make fun. Heck, I make fun of it myself.

)

BarbaraKE · Jan 6, 2009

Cyia said:
It doesn't count unless the book opens as the MC wakes up.

Does that mean I don't win a prize??!?!?!

I know, I know - I change the opening so that he wakes up and looks at himself in a mirror. Will I win something then?

Toothpaste · Jan 6, 2009

Eh - my book had a prologue, broke the third wall constantly with author intrusion, was episodic, and had two dreams sequences. I even used the occasional dialogue tag.

I'm not sure I win any prize, but I'd like to compete at least!

ETA: just to clarify, I'm talking about Alex - the one I managed to sell to multiple publishers. My point is I just, in the end, don't think it matters that much as long as what you've written is appropriate to the story you are telling.

Mumut · Jan 6, 2009

My book had a prologue and got nowhere. I got rid of it. I'm now published. Just having one is more likely a problem. Most readers don't read them, I've found.

BarbaraKE · Jan 6, 2009

Toothpaste said:
Eh - my book had a prologue, broke the third wall constantly with author intrusion, was episodic, and had two dreams sequences. I even used the occasional dialogue tag.

I'm not sure I win any prize, but I'd like to compete at least!

Okay, you can be in the contest (but I still think I win :tongue

).

Anyone else???

TrickyFiction · Jan 6, 2009

I wanna read it now. :Trophy:

Sean D. Schaffer · Jan 7, 2009

Uh, I'm thinking about putting a prologue in the manuscript I'm working on now. Can I enter the contest too?

Oh, and the first chapter opens up with the MC waking up and going to look at herself in the mirror.

I know, my book is probably doomed, but since I can't really figure out a better way to tell my story, it's just gonna have to stay that way, isn't it?

Sean D. Schaffer · Jan 7, 2009

Oh! I almost forgot!

My first two chapters are almost nothing but monologue by the narrator. Certainly that has to count for something. :ROFL:

scarletpeaches · Jan 7, 2009

Do you have a character called Kate who's a little bit sick in her mouth?

And does she look in the mirror to describe herself?

BarbaraKE · Jan 7, 2009

Sean D. Schaffer said:
Oh! I almost forgot!

My first two chapters are almost nothing but monologue by the narrator. Certainly that has to count for something.

Only counts if it's 'interior' monologue.

Extra points if it's a 'stream of conciousness' -type.

Sean D. Schaffer · Jan 7, 2009

BarbaraKE said:
Only counts if it's 'interior' monologue.

Extra points if it's a 'stream of conciousness' -type.

Oh, boy! You'll have to tell me what all those words mean. They're way above my head.

BarbaraKE · Jan 7, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Do you have a character called Kate who's a little bit sick in her mouth?

And does she look in the mirror to describe herself?

No Kates and no 'sick in the mouth'.

But I've decided that 'waking up and looking in the mirror' is a bit too cliche. I'm going to add a 'pre-' prologue in which my MC wakes *and* has amnesia, which gives him a plausible reason to look in the mirror (to try and figure out who he is).

Another stroke of genius...

(Yes, I'm kidding.)

Exir · Jan 7, 2009

Oh, boy! You'll have to tell me what all those words mean. They're way above my head.

Stream of consciousness = a stream somewhere in Peru. It flows into the River of Insanity in some rainforest.

stormie · Jan 7, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Do you have a character called Kate who's a little bit sick in her mouth?

And does she look in the mirror to describe herself?

Yeah, I remember when the lit.agent Kristen Nelson mentioned that in her blog. She'd been seeing MCs named Kate in so many mss.

So--make sure you have a Kate to be in the running for a prize.

Sean D. Schaffer · Jan 7, 2009

Exir said:
Stream of consciousness = a stream somewhere in Peru. It flows into the River of Insanity in some rainforest.

Ah! That makes everything so much clearer now. :ROFL:

stormie · Jan 7, 2009

Oh, I know! You forgot that little copyright symbol. Gotta include that, of course.

scarletpeaches · Jan 7, 2009

stormie said:
Yeah, I remember when the lit.agent Kristen Nelson mentioned that in her blog. She'd been seeing MCs named Kate in so many mss.

So--make sure you have a Kate to be in the running for a prize.

And her best friends must be called Alice and Lucy.

Do I win a prize??

BarbaraKE

stormie

storm central

Cyia

Rewriting My Destiny

BarbaraKE

BarbaraKE

Toothpaste

THE RECKLESS RESCUE is out now!

Mumut

Well begun is half done...

BarbaraKE

TrickyFiction

Who?

Sean D. Schaffer

Sean D. Schaffer

scarletpeaches

BarbaraKE

Sean D. Schaffer

BarbaraKE

Exir

Out of the cradle endlessly rocking

stormie

storm central

Sean D. Schaffer

stormie

storm central

scarletpeaches