Booking Through Thursday

A weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading.

Writing or Riveting? January 26, 2012

Filed under: Wordpress — --Deb @ 1:40 am

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What’s more important: Good writing? Or a good story?

(Of course, a book should have BOTH, but…)

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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60 Responses to “Writing or Riveting?”

  1. [...] This week’s Booking Through Thursday asks: [...]

  2. Here’s my BTT ~ House Millar series

    Áine

    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~ Ben Franklin

  3. Mirka Says:

    Good question. Here’s my My BTT

  4. Gigi Ann Says:

    Difficult question, however you can find my answer here. http://gigianns.blogspot.com

  5. Great question! I just read a book where this thought went through my thought proccess!
    http://magicisinwords.blogspot.com/2012/01/btt-writing-or-riveting.html

  6. Had to think about this one a while. Actually, I’m still thinking about it, but here’s my answer:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-writing-or.html

  7. Quite the dilemma! Here’s MY THURSDAY MEMES POST and here’s
    MY WEBSITE

  8. docsangel Says:

    Ohh Good One!

    My Booking Through Thursday can be found here :)

  9. Patricia @ Lady with Books Says:

    Happy Thursday!

    My answer can be found HERE.

  10. Beth Says:

    Here’s mine–http://toofond.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/booking-through-thursday-writing-or-riveting/. Thanks for reading!

  11. Miz Moffatt Says:

    Oooh, an excellent question to puzzle over this Thursday. I like a book to possess both qualities (of course), but I do have a limit when it comes to one of the aforementioned literary characteristics:

    http://thelitoverse.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-writing-or.html

    Thanks for another great writing prompt!

  12. Matthew Says:

    My answer is posted.
    If the writing is bad, I don’t care how riveting the story is.

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  14. Brittany Says:

    For me, it really depends. Though in the end, I suppose it’s the writing.

    http://bookishbooksblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday-week-2.html

  15. bookworm Says:

    Thats the perfect question for me right now :)

  16. Jess Says:

    Hello! My answer is at http://jessysbookends.blogspot.com/2012/01/booking-through-thursday.html

    Jess at jessysbookends,blogspot.com

  17. Shelley Says:

    If the writing’s not good, nothing is good.


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