tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post4327892468546525632..comments2024-03-28T08:02:30.691-04:00Comments on The League of Extraordinary Writers: Dystopian Rites of Passage (Part 1)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-31168816736094835122011-06-23T21:46:13.760-04:002011-06-23T21:46:13.760-04:00Wow, very interesting. Great post. I will definite...Wow, very interesting. Great post. I will definitely have to think about this in light of my last WIP, which had/has a rite of passage!!Carol Riggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092209912983783974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-74858519117985907432011-06-23T16:05:21.510-04:002011-06-23T16:05:21.510-04:00I think the social events you mentioned - bar/bat ...I think the social events you mentioned - bar/bat mitzvah, sweet 16, graduation, and I would also include prom, are made such a big deal of by families because of this ingrained need to mark milestones. In my office I hear about families throwing catered parties for 8th grade graduation... some of it seems overkill, but maybe it's just another excuse to party and celebrate!Stephscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06328839483008086049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-77108147917384801882011-06-23T11:40:00.582-04:002011-06-23T11:40:00.582-04:00wordwranglernc - The driver's license was a bi...wordwranglernc - The driver's license was a big thing for me and my friends too. It was a small taste of freedom.<br /><br />Susan - I agree about the whole extended adolescence thing. (I often feel like I'm still one myself. Maybe that's why I write for teens.)<br /><br />Gina - From the writer's perspective, you're right. A rite or test is a way to build character relatively quickly. From the reader's perspective, I think we may not crave the rite and its closure--but it resonates in us. IMHO. :)Angie Smiberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12192071262364730432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-71046965069285052612011-06-23T11:11:00.747-04:002011-06-23T11:11:00.747-04:00I've always love the Vision Quest from Native ...I've always love the Vision Quest from Native American culture. I even have one in my MS.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-31046705389646167862011-06-23T08:55:47.688-04:002011-06-23T08:55:47.688-04:00Interesting thought. I don't know if it's ...Interesting thought. I don't know if it's necessarily that we crave it, or just that it makes everything easier to pin down. As readers, our lives our filled with milestones both traditional (such as a high school or college graduation) and personal (such as the first book you ever wrote from start to finish.) In a book, without a rite of passage you might have to scan the character's entire life to see the little things that changed him or her. But with these rites, you can see what those days/months/hours in training or w/ an operation did to someone or will do to someone.<br /><br /><3 Gina BlechmanG Blechmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707186693109337726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-24109035489894928572011-06-23T08:22:51.043-04:002011-06-23T08:22:51.043-04:00I think you're closer to the first - that it s...I think you're closer to the first - that it satisfies something primal in us. Historically, society has had clearer markers for us, and that probably satisfied emotional as well as social needs. Now that society has an "extended adolescence" (and no clear societal need for a distinct end), the emotional part remains elusive. <br /><br />Looking forward to the YA vs. MG post! :)Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-87329341571765848232011-06-23T07:28:14.406-04:002011-06-23T07:28:14.406-04:00I don't know if this is a "rite of passag...I don't know if this is a "rite of passage" or not, but for me, getting my driver's license marked something big in my life. At 16, I was able to drive and allowed to date (not until then, though!). I was able to drive to band practice by myself and have a curfew (that was a big deal). Ya know, those things that were kind of like "practice" for my independence later on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com