my surrealistic novel

[BigPen]

Hi guys.
Have you ever heard the word: surrealistic? It's short called surreal and it means that the story background doesn't make sense when I make it with the rest.

Well, I'm working on a surrealistic novel called Fool's Adventures.
Fool is a eleven years old boy (just to say: his name is Fool) and he lives on a world without a name, which is, in fact called so: Nameless World.

Fool's best friend is a talking donut, an ex-wizard and emissary of the Raspell kingdom, Choco. He's very sweet.

The archfiend of this novel is an outlaw wizard Hibnob (Hibnob-Hexen Wizard from the northsouth is his full name) who started his plans to siege the entire Nameless World after the writing of the absolute piece.

Hibnob went to a vacation to an another dimension, so Fool will have much time to prepare to kick Hibnob's butt!
Meanwhile, Fool and Choco will have much adventures: cross the swamp, have a frog rain, hunt chairs (oh, did I mention that Fool's job is a chair hunter?) etc.

I have started my first book: Fool's Adventures: How to hunt down the chairs?
The intro and the first chapter are finished, now I'm knotting the situation of the second chapter.

If you have any questions about Fool, Choco, Hibnob or the Nameless World, PM me. You know, the Nameless World has a very long list of history and much plants and animals that I must remember.

If you also have some recommendations, I'll be glad to hear 'em.

[tinytim12]

Wtf

Keep in mind that's there's a difference between surrealism with a point, and just utter gibberish.

Otherwise, I'm interested. PM me or something when you're done.

[DeftAndEvil]

At 6/16/12 04:24 AM, BigPen wrote: Hi guys.
Have you ever heard the word: surrealistic? It's short called surreal and it means that the story background doesn't make sense when I make it with the rest.

tinytim is right; this doesn't feel like surrealism. Surrealism also focuses on the subconscious and subtlety. This feels too forced and egregious; it feels like you are trying to be as cryptic and weird as possible. I think you should first develop your world and characters and plot, then move in with the surrealism and show how the world doesn't feel right, but it is.

[mhzinski]

Carefully ask yourself what the difference between a Jackson Pollock painting and a mess is. Then you will understand the difference between the surreal and what you've done.

[EKublai]

At 6/16/12 04:24 AM, BigPen wrote: Hi guys.
Have you ever heard the word: surrealistic? It's short called surreal and it means that the story background doesn't make sense when I make it with the rest.

Well, I'm working on a surrealistic novel called Fool's Adventures.
Fool is a eleven years old boy (just to say: his name is Fool) and he lives on a world without a name, which is, in fact called so: Nameless World.

Fool's best friend is a talking donut, an ex-wizard and emissary of the Raspell kingdom, Choco. He's very sweet.

The archfiend of this novel is an outlaw wizard Hibnob (Hibnob-Hexen Wizard from the northsouth is his full name) who started his plans to siege the entire Nameless World after the writing of the absolute piece.

Hibnob went to a vacation to an another dimension, so Fool will have much time to prepare to kick Hibnob's butt!
Meanwhile, Fool and Choco will have much adventures: cross the swamp, have a frog rain, hunt chairs (oh, did I mention that Fool's job is a chair hunter?) etc.

I have started my first book: Fool's Adventures: How to hunt down the chairs?
The intro and the first chapter are finished, now I'm knotting the situation of the second chapter.

If you have any questions about Fool, Choco, Hibnob or the Nameless World, PM me. You know, the Nameless World has a very long list of history and much plants and animals that I must remember.

If you also have some recommendations, I'll be glad to hear 'em.

I'd say that the most surreal thing about this premise is the fact that Fool is a chair hunter, which is both entertaining and potentially telling of his character. What does it mean to live in a world where the animals and plants are creations of man?

The wizards and donut beings sound fantastical and funny, but not surreal at all. It sounds a lot like Adventure Time, which is surreal first and foremost because Finn and Jake are such unexpected characters in their world.

I recommend reading some of Julio Cortazar's short stories if you really want to understand what surrealism is.