{"id":5986,"date":"2015-06-02T19:45:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T00:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=5986"},"modified":"2015-06-02T22:34:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T03:34:49","slug":"roller-coaster-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2015\/06\/02\/roller-coaster-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Roller Coaster Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/roller-coaster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/roller-coaster.jpg\" alt=\"Roller coaster\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/roller-coaster.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/roller-coaster-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>The advice usually goes something like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hook your readers with action right from the start, and then&#8230;every single word, sentence, paragraph, and page must drive them through <strong>more<\/strong> action &#8212; until the end, when readers can barely handle any more excitement!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I understand wanting to write (and read) something that feels like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/carnival.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5991\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/carnival.jpg\" alt=\"Carnival at night\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/carnival.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/carnival-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> But the roller coaster novel advice totally ignores those who want to write (and read) something that feels like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/river-and-rocks.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/river-and-rocks.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders in a river\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/river-and-rocks.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/river-and-rocks-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>And that&#8217;s the kind of novel I prefer writing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The advice usually goes something like this: Hook your readers with action right from the start, and then&#8230;every single word, sentence, paragraph, and page must drive them through more action &#8212; until the end, when readers can barely handle any more excitement! 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