Programmer, Writer, Mom
Posted in Writing/Reading on Nov 18th, 2009
I’m reading Treasure Island and noticed that the main character, Jim Hawkins, has something in common with my favorite protagonist, Stephanie Plum. Each character has almost no expertise in the main conflict in the story. Treasure Island is about boats and pirates. Jim worked in his parents Inn in the country. Stephanie Plum is a [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Nov 14th, 2009
Treasure Island is written in first person from Jim Hawkins point of view. Not third person as I said in my last post. Early mornings, late-night reading, and a book I have to read to make my husband happy is not going well. But the letter still slows things down which was the point of [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Nov 13th, 2009
I’m still reading Treasure Island. The crew of them are about to set sail from England. As I read, the Letter from the Squire stuck out. Dropping a letter into a story essential stops everything (unless letters are the story structure). This letter was from the Squire who went ahead to Bristol to find and [...]