Fiction at its best gives me an understanding of people I don't get. It connects me to people I couldn't have understood before, often through things I do get. I would like to write stories that scratch that itch, too. I'd like to write
In my head live a bunch of writing dichotomies I got from other people, and as roommates these dichotomies suck big time. To name a few of these asshole roommates: 1. Originality vs. execution. I wonder if originality isn't completely the wrong thing as phrased. Why should originality
(Complaining. This is not a complete thought. I expect to change my mind on this later.) I think about fiction genre in a few different ways: 1. A palette of tools. 2. A set of audience expectations. 3. A conversation between different authors commenting on, extending, and competing with each
I've noticed a few assumptions in my approach to creative writing and learning about it. Some I even agree with. These remain subject to change on new experience. Here are a few: 1. Experimental prose, poetry, etc. is 'not for me.' I don't read
In a video on "show, don't tell," Tim Hickson quotes an interesting passage from Ken Liu's "The Paper Menagerie": If Mom spoke to me in Chinese, I refused to answer her. After a while, she tried to use more English. But her