On Dan Brown, and Writing. Not a non sequitur.

[wheeler]

"Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a Caravaggio. Grabbing the gilded frame, the seventy-six-year-old man heaved the masterpiece toward himself until it tore from the wall and Saunière collapsed backward in a heap beneath the canvas

Comments

[lilitufire]

Dan Brown and David Eddings have a lot in common that way :)

If you haven't read it, I rather enjoyed Stephen King's "On Writing" - it's worth a hunt out. And Mr King knows how to write a yarn as well as anyone, or so I think anyway. I don't really mind that I don't have educated literary tastes :)

[tyrell]

I thought "On writing" was very good, yes.

[stu_n]

'On Writing' is pretty much a more readable version of Strunk & White, though.

[tyrell]

I thought it concentrated more on the process of writing, but it certainly does parrot the 'and then take out all the excess words you don't need' advice. I got the impression that was from experience, though. And hey, a more readable version of S+W reaching a modern audience is all good!

[cairmen]

Yeah, but that's a significant advantage...

[yesaffirmative]

Fucking word.