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What are your thoughts on magically realistic storylines? By that I mean, not sci fi or Harry Potter. No potions or rituals or really fantastical stuff.
I'm writing a literary/suspense (the suspense is debatable) novel right now about a missing girl. The girl sometimes has dreams or a heightened sensitivity to things. Like for instance, there's an old woman with a quilted afghan, and the little girl can look at the squares on the blanket and imagine they're countries where that old woman has been. And the girl's mother is descending into madness after losing her daughter, and she begins talking to the garden where her daughter used to play.. bascically, they're ordinary people with just a twist.
Anyone read/write magically realistic stuff? Or any thoughts at all on it. Does it ruin a story or enhance it? Would you believe anything the story gives you if it's well-executed?
I'm writing a literary/suspense (the suspense is debatable) novel right now about a missing girl. The girl sometimes has dreams or a heightened sensitivity to things. Like for instance, there's an old woman with a quilted afghan, and the little girl can look at the squares on the blanket and imagine they're countries where that old woman has been. And the girl's mother is descending into madness after losing her daughter, and she begins talking to the garden where her daughter used to play.. bascically, they're ordinary people with just a twist.
Anyone read/write magically realistic stuff? Or any thoughts at all on it. Does it ruin a story or enhance it? Would you believe anything the story gives you if it's well-executed?