tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post4536165002265931769..comments2023-10-14T05:16:12.776-07:00Comments on THE THRILLER GUY: TG ReturnsAllen Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577225721733421143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post-35683457147005042492010-10-25T09:40:27.384-07:002010-10-25T09:40:27.384-07:00TG: That's it? You got us all excited, all rev...TG: That's it? You got us all excited, all revved up for you to leave (or stay) and all we get is some perfunctory 'I'm done. I won't do it again.' TG, that is unsatisfying. Just like you have your list of do's and don'ts for thriller writers, here's mine:<br />Don't bring your hero the edge of the cliff, a gun pointing at his pusser or a ton of steel beams dangling over his head and then have him just walk away without nary a dramatic note. <br />Remember Superman comics? The cover drawing promised that the Man of Steel would be locked in mortal combat with a foe from outer space who was composed to Kryptonite or that he was already dying from Lex Luther's Superman killing ray. The cover showed the S-man wincing in agony. Well, once you bought the comic, lo and behold, it was just a dream or it happened in a parallel universe or some such cop out.<br />You TG, are no better than a Superman hyped up cover drawing. There, I've said it.<br />BoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post-7788646234350599642010-10-25T05:39:36.872-07:002010-10-25T05:39:36.872-07:00Good to have you back at the front line. No one hi...Good to have you back at the front line. No one hits the nail more precisely. I've lost count of how many times I've read "I could tell you..." line. It's even worse on TV. Every show must have used it at least once. Maybe it's like a right of passage to go through. Perhaps we all need to get a few clichés out of our systems in order to be better writers. <br /><br />And keep that well dry, otherwise who knows what might crawl out of it.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post-66000671102390751742010-10-24T02:20:13.938-07:002010-10-24T02:20:13.938-07:00Yes, welcome back. Hey, SOMEbody has to be in the ...Yes, welcome back. Hey, SOMEbody has to be in the trenches fighting the good fight.<br /><br />Maybe the upcoming generation of new thriller writers themselves are tired of the 'way things are done' (or more likely, the way old success is copied), and they'll write some thrillers that will get readers to take notice.<br /><br />We just have to wait a bit for them to finish writing them. (Uhh, we're going to hold you to the telling of that tale also)Frank Zubekhttp://whatbrickwall.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post-54788805169947504012010-10-23T10:14:39.664-07:002010-10-23T10:14:39.664-07:00I didn't hear any self-pity. Frustration and d...I didn't hear any self-pity. Frustration and disappointment perhaps, but nothing in the realm of woe-is-me snivel snivel category. Welcome back. :)Joel Lovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327523450299427936noreply@blogger.com