[UA] Collaborative Novel

[Gregory Paul Stolze]

At 12:01 PM 12/24/1999 +0000, Sandra Palmer wrote:
>>That is sweet.  Maybe the entire novel, precluding the first and last 
>>chapters, should be told by other characters, and the with only the
>beginning 
>>and ending chapter dealing directly with the POVs of the Sleeper agent and 
>>the lady Duke.
>>
>>In fact, maybe Chapter 1 could be the Lady Duke's POV, and Chapter X
(ending 
>>chapter) the Sleeper agent.

That's how I'd be inclined to do it.

>Wouldn't the other way round work better?  That way we get the initial
>setup from the Sleeper, and then the Lady can pull some vicious twist at
>the end.

Depends on whether you want to focus on character or plot.  If you want
plot, you focus on the woman because her character remains the same and
creates a dramatic reversal.  If you want character, you focus on the man
because it's his character that is getting challenged by the situation.

>Bagsie the POV of the kidnapped child, by the way.

If this is at all democratic, I'd vote to have the kidnapping be 100%
mundane.  But I'd hate to stifle anyone's creativity. 

>If anybody feels up to it, we could have a chapter set in the statosphere -
>or else a running commentary from the statosphere between chapters.

That would be tricky to do, I'd think.

-G.
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