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Chevanne Scordinsky's avatar

Sounds like a cool premise. Excited to see how this turns out.

David Mitchell’s first novel was Ghostwritten (just finished it) which weaves together 9 different characters. It was very ambitious for a first novel and has a similar style of a complete story with each and bridging content.

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Oh, fascinating! I should really check it out one day. I really liked the movie Cloud Atlas, tried to get into the book but got distracted. Maybe I should try Ghostwritten.

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Chevanne Scordinsky's avatar

I liked some of the stories more than the others, but you still need to keep track of who is speaking because it’s 8 people all in first person.

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DANIEL McINERNY's avatar

Thanks for bringing this genre to my attention, Elizabeth! And I wish you every good success with your composite novel!

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Thank you very much :)

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AMIDWAY's avatar

It is a very interesting project! Good vibes and enjoy the process!

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Thank you :D

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Carolyn McBride 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦's avatar

I LOVE this concept! I can't wait to see how it goes.

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Thank you ;D

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Elle Griffin's avatar

Very excited about this project!!

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

:D I'm equally excited myself. Can't wait to share the stories

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radicaledward's avatar

Love this idea. Makes me realize I have effectively half a composite novel just hanging out on my laptop.

Excited to see this!

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Awesome, hope you'll share yours one day!

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Lucas Mangum's avatar

A composite novel (or fix-up) is a fun idea. I did that with my book Digital Darkness and would totally do that again sometime.

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

It must have been really fun to put together :)

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Winston Malone's avatar

Love this!!

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

:D

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Minna's avatar

This is fabulous! Now I’m wondering if my sci-fi serial could be taking place in the distant past when your humans first left Earth! 🤓

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

That would be an interesting premise!

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Minna's avatar

Outside the box concept etc! Here’s the intro to my serial if you’re curious https://open.substack.com/pub/acabinetofcuriosities/p/aubade?utm_source=direct&r=bu9kr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

And here’s the latest “episode” if you want to skim through https://acabinetofcuriosities.substack.com/p/aubade-chapter-5

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Paloma Lyon's avatar

Hola 👋 I just found your Substack yesterday, I’m looking forward to read the stories 😉

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Hello there, thank you for dropping by! 😁

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Pär G Kurki's avatar

Hi again! I realise that the book I’m working on is following the same model. It’s non-fiction with considerable self-biographical aspects, not linear, rather written like a short story cycle. Topic: Russia.

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Oh wow that sounds really cool! Will you be sharing some stuff on your Substack too?

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Pär G Kurki's avatar

Thanks! I would like to, but I worry about not having any followers. Also so far I write in Swedish….

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

I get you. But you can never know what would happen if you do. You could get a lot of followers!

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Pär G Kurki's avatar

You are of course right. And I am probably more optimistic than I sound. Eventuelly I will create a substack:) It looks too fun not to try!

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Beth Nascè's avatar

Wow this is such an exciting idea! Looking forward to reading them 😍

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Thanks for your interest! Cant wait o share the next story 😁

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Made in DNA's avatar

I'm here for it. HIT ME!

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Elizabeth Tai's avatar

Hehe, hope to share the story next week!

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Pär G Kurki's avatar

This is a super idea 💡! I love The Martian Chronicles but didn’t know it was a “composite novel”.

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Bruce Webster's avatar

Looking forward to reading these. One of my favorite SF authors is Cordwainer Smith. I think some of his work falls into this category.

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Joyous Thirst's avatar

Wow. Never knew what to call this type of novel, though I’ve long loved Isaac Asimov’s *I, Robot* and how it does this very thing. Thanks for giving me a name to go with the genre! And so cool that you’re doing this 🙌🏻🥳

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