Comments on: The Lorax, revisited

By: rebeccakuder

rebeccakuder — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:28:56 +0000

Nancy, I think you’re right. It’s a matter of what the intentions are. A too-heavy-handed message can really screw up what would be a good story, at least that’s what I think happened with the Lorax. But I’m still keeping an open mind about it, because I’m sure I’ll be reading it for a long while…

By: rebeccakuder

rebeccakuder — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:01:37 +0000

I am starting to wonder if I sounded too harsh on the book. I completely appreciate the message, it’s just the writing that I have trouble with.

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:27:23 +0000

The Lorax is my husband’s alter-ego. I confess I have not actually read the book in years, so while I remember and appreciate the message, I can’t relate to your comments. That is, however, a good lesson for the writers among us!

By: Nancy Jane Moore

Nancy Jane Moore — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:57:30 +0000

I have strong political beliefs, and those ideas find their way into my fiction, but I’ve found over the years that when I start with the political idea, rather than just writing a story, I get a heavy handed unreadable diatribe. I figure that writers whose political ideas aren’t just simple surface things but beliefs integrated into who they are will end up expressing those ideas in a story naturally. But the story should start somewhere else to make this work.