Authors craft…

24 May 2010 1 Comment

by CrummyCookie in 2009/10, Books and Novels, School, Uncategorized Tags: Author, Authors Craft, China Garden, Exciting, Intense, Laurie Stolarz, Mystery, Novel, School, Secrets

This weeks blog post is about the authors craft. Author’s craft is like the art in the book. Is all the feeling, emotions, understanding, vocabulary, voice, words, etc. So like the choices that the author makes in a book, that makes the book good.

The Author in my book, Laurie Stolarz have written the book very well, she makes the reader wonder about what they are reading. I really like the novel, it seems obvious at the beginning but later when you put piece by piece together what you thought you have been right about was all wrong. The book is confusing at first but about three-quarters of a way in the book it is really starting to make sense. 2 Things I know for sure now. 1.) Ben is not her secret admirer. 2.) The secret admirer/ creeper, must be a good friend of Camilia.

The Author has a LOT in the book that makes it good. She has very good descriptions of stuff. She makes the book a little scary, exciting, happy, sad, and intense. There are a lot of conflict coming up and I think the author meant to have it that way. Laurie uses a lot of meaningful words and good quotes in the book. It gives good detail. She tells a lot about how people feel and makes it realistic to me. She describes what Camilia is like very well and also in an interesting way. Not so much for Mr. Anonymous. He might have been mentioned in the book but I think the Author gives hints but tries to keep it a big secret. I like how she doesn’t really describe the people very well. I know that Camilia is very pretty, but I only kind of made hints about it, for example how a lot of people like her, meaning she is also pretty and smart. she is also artistic and organized. Ben is smart, shy, and likes to keep things to himself but it hurt him doing that, he is also attractive but scary. I like how the author gives these kinds of hints in the book and in the end when a person puts piece by piece together, you will know more of the person by the hints!  My novel has a lot of character and is interesting in a well written way and I think that is exactly how the author meant it to be!

In our blog post this week we had to have a piece out of our book that we like, the piece I picked is kind weird but to me it makes sense. You have to read the book to know.

” She just won’t listen. And so I’ve started a plan. I just hope she appreciates all my efforts-all my work to make her happy. Once and for all.”

This is a really short chapter almost at the end of the book. It is a Chapter, this is what Camilia’s Mr. Anonymous had written, There are about 4 chapters that he had in the book, but they are really small and is kind of giving hints.  This piece I think is a hint to something really big going to happen at the end of the book. That is what kind of leads a hint. The other pieces that the creeper writes are almost like this. He left no clue who he is, Just that he is so careful with Camilia and that he kind of cares about her in a way no one has. I also think this piece is very strong, he leaves a lot of feeling in this piece. It is like he is showing some of himself as a person, but not really at all. The author wrote this piece very well, at least that is what I think. She describes this character in an extremely different way. I don’t really have a bad piece of writing out of the book, there are a lot of boring parts in the book but it is still written very well.  What makes it so boring ( what I think ) is when an author takes a while to describe something. I am reading a new book called “China Garden.” I find it really good, but the author has a lot to describe. This is one thing that I don’t like very much, I like some description in a book, but too much ruins it. I like a book to give enough information to have an image. But also so that the image can make you wonder a bit. I don’t like when an author gives too good of a description and the description shouldn’t be forever long either.

What makes a good book to you?

For me? I don’t really know. I guess it should be something exciting, and it should definitely make me think. I like mystery books a lot. I find that authors usually have good pieces of writing in them. Sometimes in Fantasy books too. They have a lot of description and authors can’t tell too much because they have to make you think.  I think what makes a good book is just how the author writes it.  There has to be a lot of feeling, but sometime it has to leave you confused. So it would make you want to read the rest of the book.  I also think a book should be Intense, mysteries, and NOT forever long.  Some people might not think that what I think is good in a book is good for them. I don’t like boring books. I don’t like getting bored very easily either. I like books that are exciting and mysteries. But some people might think that, that it is boring to them.  Some people might like to have a good picture or description, me? not so much. I like to wonder about a book. I like it when a book makes me think. Things that are important to me in a book aren’t necessarily to others.

The author has a lot of descriptive and interesting choice of words. It is like I know Camilia, you could kind of guess what is happening in the book from Camilia’s side. You slowly attract her feelings and learn and respect her more. But the only 2 characters that, that happens to in a book is Camilia and Ben. I now know that Ben is nice, respective, and whatever he has done wrong didn’t mean too at all.  The author brings a lot of picture to your mind about where they are and what they do. She has well descriptions of the back grounds and their surroundings, but that is about it. She describes the Characters more of what they are like then they look like. Laurie Stolarz also uses a good choice of voice, in her book it doesn’t seem like she wrote the book, it seems like she put her mind as Camilia. Like the book was written by Camilia. It doesn’t seem like their writing changes at all. Only when Mr.Anonymous writes a piece. he writes more furiously, mad like person. Who ALWAYS gets what he wants. But I like how the book has been written so far, it is getting to a really intense part right now. I think the ending will be really good!

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