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pulp fiction formula
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cottreauJoined: 22 Dec 2006 00:32:22 Posts: 550 |
I tried this a couple of years ago, and wrote the necessary 6000 words that this story formula called for, but didn't finish and wandered off all over the place.
Check out: http://www.miskatonic.org/dent.html It's created by Lester Dent, a massively popular pulp fiction writer from the 30's through the 50's. Dent created Doc Savage, who was hugely popular at the time. I confess to having read a Doc Savage novel back in my teens. Dent claims that no story, in any genre that adhered to this formula failed to sell. I will use it for my Waitangi day weekend short story... Not only that, but the formula is hilarious to read... it makes me feel a little embarrassed that it's so popular, but that's part of the fun. Travis 19 Jan 2007 00:57:23 |
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kerrynangell Joined: 22 Dec 2006 09:00:56 Posts: 837 |
That sounds really interesting and combined with a tattoo I saw on someone yesterday has given me an idea for a story!
It would be interesting to see if this stretches to other genres. 19 Jan 2007 09:04:18
No Excuses. Just Write.
SoCNoC - Untitled Chick Lit Freeing the Flame - 30,065/40,000 words rewritten for May |
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angellic Joined: 16 Jan 2007 21:27:35 Posts: 140 |
I just read your formula. I think that guy used it to write the The Da Vinci Code ;)
19 Jan 2007 17:05:16
Trying to find the time (as usual)!
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