Sometimes I wish I could live in a book. Wouldn't it be fun to explore new worlds, be another person for a while, or simple escape to another place for a period of time?
What I'd really like to do is be able to live on book time. Especially during the work week. In the real world, there's real time. I spend eight hours a day at my job. (Which is really stressful lately.) These days, those hours seem to drag. Not only that, but it leaves me with no time to do other things: like spend time with family and friends, write, promote, relax. And soon basketball season will be starting, which will take up even more time.
Book time is different, though. We don't want to bore our readers with the mundane details of everyday life. But rather since we want to keep the story moving along, and most importantly keep our hero and heroine together as much as possible, authors use phrases like, "The work day seemed to drag." or "Five hours of shelving books at the library passed quickly." or "Her mind wandered, and before she knew it, it was time to go home." or even "The days flew by so quickly, before he knew it, it was Christmas."
Ah, yes, making use of book time in the real world would be lovely. We can make hours, days, and even months fly by with just a few well placed words.
But alas, we live in the real world, and on that note, I need to get going, because I have a million things to do that I can't accomplish with one sentence.
Until next time,
Happy Reading!
Debra
www.debrastjohnromance.com
5 comments:
Book time sounds like a great idea. I'm fully in support of it, Debra!
Morgan Mandel
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http://morganmandel.blogspot.com
very cool post!
Thank you for it ! Really interesting! It have been always interesting to read shuch post.
It would be nice, but I bet I have used the phrase: "Time is the only thing you can't get back." A dozen or more times these last few weeks when people ask for advice on when to publish.
Great! Thanks for post!
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