Comments on: Sparse Roundup

By: Eric Shonkwiler

Eric Shonkwiler — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:36:37 +0000

Kristan: I’m not, but I am, of course, writing through November. You can expect maybe a tenth of the needed NaNo output from me.

Momma: I’m glad you did what you did.

Brad: I feel the same way. What’s more, it’s unrealistic to go over it the way people want. That’s like you and I saying, “So yeah, two planes hit the World Trade Center towers, they were flown by members of Al-Qaida, a terrorist organization, and many people died.” Then sip our coffee.

Clowncar: Nihilist.

By: clowncar

clowncar — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:43:34 +0000

I think the zombie thing (which I have thought about, and more than once) has more to do with a lack of meaning. No reason for World War Z, no strategy to fight it, no way out of it. The world just dies.

By: Brad Green

Brad Green — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:26:28 +0000

Once the apocalypse in The Road happens, why discuss it? Does that matter? I think those characters are so consumed with trying to stay alive that there isn’t time enough for them to spare any leaking breath on wondering who, how, or why. Hard enough to keep threads of love and hope alive in such a world.

By: Momma

Momma — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:52:00 +0000

I like knowing that raising you with good old fashioned values and a sense of self worth and self respect gave the world the person you are today…

I miss you more than words.

Love,
Momma

By: Kristan

Kristan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:16:46 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot about back story and how much is necessary vs. how much is just what I want to tell or *think* is necessary. I think books like The Road illustrate just how little people really need, compared to what we writers might think or want to share.

That said, I’m not particularly excited about or intrigued by the idea of a zombie apocalypse. And I DO wonder how zombies work, biologically.

Unrelated: Are you doing NaNoWriMo? If so, friend me! Username kristanhoffman (as usual).