I have read the following
The Galaxy Game
This Book took forever to
read. It wasn’t gripping and the language was verbose. The author relies on the readers to have an undersigning
of her world without much explanation. As a series that may be acceptable if
the book is later in the series but this book is a stand alone. There was a lot
of et up without much payoff. There was more telling than there was showing. There
were vivid descriptions but the book lacked action. I was interested at one
point in the uncontrolled skill but was disappointed that that skill was
underrepresented in the book as a whole.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge
#1)
A fun and light book for children
and adults alike. The author writes a humorous
tale full of lessons. These lessons however aren’t learned by peter rather they
need to be taught by parents or teachers reading this book with children. I was left wondering how a three-year-old got
a turtle off a dresser multiple times? If he did it once why didn’t Peter look
for a different home for the turtle?
A wonderful adventure story
with a good flow of tension from many areas of Phillip’s life. Phillip’s change
is gradual which makes it believable. The author does a great job of depicting
the racial tensions at the time. The author does a great job of using descriptive
languate that allows reader to experience all the sensations of all the
locations of the book. The climax is
gripping and full of detail yet the pacing isn’t slowed.
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Fudge
#2)
A fun story written as
if a young scared girl is telling it. The story arc followed the pattern well
with constant tension that was serious for the girl and humorous to older
readers. Chapters were broken in places
that always created tension and leads readers to want to keep going. This is a strength of Judy Blume. I do want to more about the dog situation and
how that plays out. I hope that is addressed in future books in this series. It
was confusing to jump from peter to Sheila but it was still a fun journey.
I’m working on the following
I’m still working on my
historical screenplay. Currently I’m
grappling with how much time sub plots should take up of the typical 100 page
screenplay.
Thoughts
In your experience in either
writing or movie watching how much time do you think a screenplay should spend
on sub plots?
