[stylist] curious-would this be too confusing?

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

Hi Eve,
The answers to these three questions (in no particular order) are 
no, no and no.  For now I have just been writing for myself, but 
I can really see how this could be a problem, even if I avidly 
researched them and visited the countries.  I have a strong 
liking to British culture and most of the writing of the story is 
done in British English, so I could totally see how I would be 
considered a fake, LOL.  At first I didn't really think that 
Canada was too different to the US (except for certain terms like 
twelth grade is grade 12), but I have a lot to learn!

Thanks again for giving me something to think about.
Vejas

 ----- Original Message -----
From: EvaMarie Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com
To: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com
Date sent: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:58:18 -0700
Subject: Re: [stylist] curious-would this be too confusing?

Have you ever been to Canada? And do you know any Brits or 
Germans?
The reason I am asking is that it does sound like you are taking 
on too
much.  Unless you do a lot of research, and I mean a lot, to get 
to really
know a culture, it will not likely come off as believable.  If 
that is the
case, I suggest you write of a family that has the same cultural 
background
as your own family and that lives in an area that you are very 
familiar
with.
It is not the concept of POV that will trip you up.
Just something more to think about.
Eve

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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas <
alpineimagination at gmail.com> wrote:

 Hi,
 Thanks for the positive feedback.
 I just came to the understanding that how much work I'm really 
going to do
 if I want to write these, since I've made it a bit difficult.
 By this I mean: the parents are both from London, but the father 
is part
 German as well.  If that's not enough, the story doesn't take 
place in the
 US, but in Canada.  So if I were a Nova Scotian who visited 
family in
 Europe every summer, that would be okay.  But I'm not.  But the 
way I think
 of it is that it would be really interesting research on 
culture, which
 really interests me, and would probably want to visit them 
before I publish
 them.



 ----- Original Message -----
 From: EvaMarie Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com
 To: "Writers' Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:13:07 -0700
 Subject: Re: [stylist] curious-would this be too confusing?

 I don't know.  I think it is kind of an interesting concept.  It 
is not
 something commonly done of course, but I would not go so far as 
to say it
 has never been done.  Even The Walking Dead is something like 
that.  The
 novel is by the Governor, the comics are from the POV of Rick 
and the TV
 show is the story that follows all of the characters.
 If you do it well, it could be a real hit.  And remember, there 
will always
 be people who get confused over something.  Play to your 
creativity and
 someone will be pleased.  You cannot please everyone though, so 
don't try.
 Eve

 President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
 President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
 Committee Chair, Arizona Association of Guide Dog Users
 Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Legislative 
Committee
 Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Membership 
Committee
 Member, Slate & Style Editing Team

 "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."

 On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist 
<
 stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hi,
 I know that when it comes to writing it's ultimately up to the 
writer, but
 I was wondering, if I were to publish, if this would be too 
confusing.
 I have a set of characters in mind whom I created about two and 
a half
 years ago, so I know a lot about them.  Of the siblings I have 
created,
 there is one in particular whom I would focus on the most.  I 
thought that
 eventually if I wanted to write books about them, I would vary 
the writing
 styles for each book.  The books would cover certain periods of 
high school
 life.
 For example:
 - One book could be the main character's journal.
 - Another book could be a multiple POV with the main character 
and any
 siblings.
 - Another book could be written in the form of letters, from 
main
 character and penpal from another city/country.
 I know this makes it more interesting, but would it distract 
people who
 are familiar with a certain writing style throughout a series?
 Thanks,
 Vejas

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