tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post4629300826182127360..comments2024-03-16T22:32:46.026-06:00Comments on It's All About Books: Swoony vs Cheesy: A Mission For YouSueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-86323864992424007142013-11-25T19:19:01.131-07:002013-11-25T19:19:01.131-07:00Amanda: ARGH! I hate goofs like that! Thanks for p...Amanda: ARGH! I hate goofs like that! Thanks for pointing that out. I will fix it now.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-18185078629154319992013-11-25T09:15:43.074-07:002013-11-25T09:15:43.074-07:00Just wanted you to correct - Under the Never Sky b...Just wanted you to correct - Under the Never Sky by Veronica Roth - That should be Veronica Rossi. I was so excited when I read this post thinking that Roth had written a new one. BTW - love your reviews. You break it down and answer every question I have about a book before purchasing it for my school.Amanda Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423814873436571345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-13580359657491659182013-11-22T19:06:19.473-07:002013-11-22T19:06:19.473-07:00tone is a tough thing to control and it can be ver...tone is a tough thing to control and it can be very subjective. Even things I thought were super romantic as a young adult (Girl of the Limberlost for example. Loved at 11. Was so cheesy now). <br />I think Sophie Kinsella walks the line between cheesy and swoon-worthy. She develops such funny characters that when they are silly and have silly romance you buy it because that's been the tone of the book. They are also real and relatable and that helps because let's be honest romance is kind of cheesy. <br />Same is true with Bridget Jones. The cheese is earned because the characters are endearing and funny. I would recommend listening to people's love stories. See the level of cheese when they talk. I think that will help you start to know what to write but you can never know for sure. Recently I wrote a kissing scene that I thought was hilarious but one reader thought the man was being very aggressive and mean. What I thought was funny, she thought as pushy. Who knows!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-52802696836210089662013-11-21T15:59:18.551-07:002013-11-21T15:59:18.551-07:00Swoony = lots of emotion, lots of tension, and a c...Swoony = lots of emotion, lots of tension, and a commensurate release.<br /><br />Cheesy = using the phrase "making love" more than twice in an MS, for ANY reason, no matter how character-appropriate it is. <br /><br />Just my own personal. That and $5 buys coffee at Starbucks. :DJ.S. Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993081328357055085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-28241759055071365852013-11-21T06:25:51.027-07:002013-11-21T06:25:51.027-07:00I don't have too much to add to this discussio...I don't have too much to add to this discussion but one thing that I've noticed often shows up in cheesy scenes is analogies or metaphors. Unless they're really original descriptions, that can be too cliche and become cheesy. Something I really like in the scene you share are the physical descriptions of what's going on and the slight surprise when the guy explains why he doesn't want to train with her. It makes you catch your breath with the heroine wondering if he's saying he's not interested in her now.DoingDeweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902496432225294188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-8833824895875837472013-11-20T22:26:02.486-07:002013-11-20T22:26:02.486-07:00UGH!!! What a hard question!!! Ok I might have to ...UGH!!! What a hard question!!! Ok I might have to come back with examples, but Swoony VS Cheesy to begin with... <br />Swoony: The part in the book that makes you hold your breath hoping the characters are going do and act like you have been hoping they would act. The part you have been waiting for... where characters are courageous enough to be vulnerable and reveal their feelings/emotions, but in a way that seems real and honest. And it feels like something that could actually happen. It leaves you feeling relieved, fulfilled, and satisfied that the scene finally happened. For me a sigh of contentment would usually follow as I set the book down (still open, just taking a pause) and I bask in the possibilities of it all and relive it in my mind's eye.<br /><br />Cheesy: Characters do and say what is expected, but in a way that doesn't seem real. It comes off as not being honest/genuine or trying too hard and often cliché. It leaves you disappointed, unfulfilled, and maybe even frustrated. For me, usually followed by the closing of the book (I'll come back to it later) and a grunt of disgust/dissatisfaction. <br /><br />SO there you go... I'm sure there is something I forgot or maybe I didn't even make sense. But that is my imperfect definition of Swoony and Cheesy. Maybe I'll come back with some examples.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550029014549663255noreply@blogger.com