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Roadhog · 25 July 2006, 02:03 AM

Dear Cobby, Sir, In my opinion it would be almost impossible to write a novel and cover the subject list you mentioned because the book would have to have too many complicated plot twists or the protagonists would have to beat too many places at just the right time for the events to unfold. Such coincidences really stretch the patience of the reader. I am working on a novel (my fourth) about WWI airmen right now and just to get the book's main character, a German fighter pilot, on board a Gotha bomber for the first attack on London (and make it believable) stretched my meager talents to the maximum.

However, on the other hand, a nonfictional month-by-month account of the airwar would be another matter entirely and this format could work well.

Good luck to all authors. VR, Roadhog "Memento mori."

25 July 2006, 02:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Roadhog Forum Ace Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Joad homestead north of Abilene, Kansas. Posts: 965	Too Complicated a Plot Dear Cobby, Sir, In my opinion it would be almost impossible to write a novel and cover the subject list you mentioned because the book would have to have too many complicated plot twists or the protagonists would have to beat too many places at just the right time for the events to unfold. Such coincidences really stretch the patience of the reader. I am working on a novel (my fourth) about WWI airmen right now and just to get the book's main character, a German fighter pilot, on board a Gotha bomber for the first attack on London (and make it believable) stretched my meager talents to the maximum. However, on the other hand, a nonfictional month-by-month account of the airwar would be another matter entirely and this format could work well. Good luck to all authors. VR, Roadhog "Memento mori."