LJ Idol, Week X: Continued

[i_17bingo]

Here’s some follow-up stuff.

Comments

[momebie]

I think I'd need to go back and re-read the bits of the Max story that you've posted, because reading for Idol and reading for Editing/Submission are two different things to me. Do you have a tag specifically for Max or would I just need to search through the writing tag you have here? It's entirely possible that it could fall into a few genres and you'd be able to submit to a few different kinds of agents at the start.

[i_17bingo]

I don't have a Max tag, but I might eventually put one in. I'd suggest sticking to the LJ-Idol tag, since all but two of his stories are Idol postings.

And multiple genres are still better than the confounded genre I have right now.

[lawchicky]

Honestly, I'm crap at trying to organize something into a genre. I haven't read any stories quite like this one, but they do have a familiar tone, but I can't quite place WHERE I've read them, and I'm crap at remembering titles/names anyway.

I don't know if this helps any, but I really do think Max's story would make an excellent screenplay, especially since the banter is so snappy.

Oh and now I'm going to look for you on facebook!

[i_17bingo]

My problem is that the writing style that has influenced me the most is Donald Westlake's in his more humorous novels, and there is nothing crime-fictiony about any of the stories I write (lawbreaking notwithstanding...). It's very frustrating.

[ecosopher]

I agree that they have a familiar tone about them - in fact, the kind I would look for in a novel. Humour but with solid characters. I also agree about the screenplay. I was just thinking the first one I read (where Max is discussing baseball in the bar) would be fantastic on screen.

[i_17bingo]

You just say that because you want to see a guy in a gorilla suit rinking beer through a straw.

My fear about a screenplay is that I could potentially lose all that narration...

[quinn_inuit]

I'd suggest that it's mainstream fiction:
http://www.novel-writing-help.com/mainstream-fiction.html
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/exploring-the-different-types-of-fiction.html

It's clearly not genre fiction, IMO.

[i_17bingo]

Trying to simplify it as much as I can...

Thanks for the links.

[comedychick]

Finding you on FB was even easier when you were already friended by lawchicky and team_jessie :D

[i_17bingo]

All part of my cunning plan...

[vaguelyclear]

I don't think his "story" fits any kind of typical genre we're used to today, but it's hard to say because I haven't read the novel and don't know what it's about. Genres I would associate with what you've written for Idol are comedy and drama, if that helps? I do know that I haven't ready anything like it before, no.

If only novels were as easy to categorise as films. Then again, maybe you could invent your own genre for this kind of novel!

Good luck with it :D

[i_17bingo]

It's good that it's unique. I take a certain amount of pride in that. As I said, the novel is a longer version of some of the things I put up, except set in New Mexico.

I will call my genre, "Oddly Sympathetic Sleazebag Lit"