I have this idea for a book that will be kinda like an Ender's Game Parody. But I don't know if I want to make it completely silly, or have it be sort of grounded in reality.
So I thought I'd put the question to the experts: What would you rather read? A comedy that is completely silly, or one that has a realistic setting?
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50,010 / 50,000
oct. 21, 2007 - 22 10
*fangirl squee* Ender's Game!!!
Ahem. I personally enjoy both incredibly silly and slightly serious humorous works. I would read it either way.
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30,164 / 50,000
oct. 22, 2007 - 08 43
Well, I've never read Ender's Game, however, for me it wouldn't matter as long as whichever way you went with it was written well. You could pull off either way, most likely, if you write it correctly.
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4,972 / 50,000
oct. 23, 2007 - 08 43
I like all types of comedy, though turn my nose up if it feels like the jokes are simply gratuitous or being forced. I'd suggest writing in whatever style comes more naturally.
50,159 / 50,000
oct. 23, 2007 - 22 13
Do whatever you must do the skewer the living daylights out of your source. Don't worry about what type of humor you find yourself employing. If you look deep inside yourself, and possibly get very drunk, the source should mock itself. I find it to be a curious feature of most sci-fi that it is self-spoofing on a certain level. I don't think I'm alone (but I did grow up with two Trekkies/heavy consumers of paperback sci-fi novels).
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7,000 / 50,000
oct. 25, 2007 - 15 50
Well, I believe firmly in shoving some well placed slap-stick comedy into a well grounded story. It really depends on how you want to do it. Y'know, whatever you feel most comfortable with.
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14,431 / 50,000
oct. 25, 2007 - 16 30
If i were doing it, I'd keep it relatively realistic, with subtle jokes every sentence. I'd parody the names, settings, and some parts of the plot, but I'd keep the plotline generally the same as the book.
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50,078 / 50,000
oct. 26, 2007 - 07 24
Whatever flows out of you naturally is probably best. If for no other reason than it will help you generate the words to get to 50,000.
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1,734 / 50,000
oct. 28, 2007 - 14 23
I prefer a comedy that has a realistic setting. It's because I don't want to read a hole novel which has a punchline every fifth sentence - that bores me stiff after two pages. The novel loses his allure because of this constant jokes, you know.