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Finally, here it is! :-) 40 pages in Word...
Part 1 of 2 (broken up into parts because of LJ post limits)
( A narratological analysis of fanfiction, part 1 )
Part 1 of 2 (broken up into parts because of LJ post limits)
( A narratological analysis of fanfiction, part 1 )
present tense? past tense?
Mar. 19th, 2004 09:56 pmDo you have views on present vs past tense? Have you written either or both? Which do you prefer to write, and why? Which do you prefer to read, and why? What is, precisely, the different effect of either tense for you?
And I wonder what it's like in those languages that have more than one present and more than one past, like French with its passée simple and Italian with its what-is-it-called-again, but the one with the wonderful endings.
And does present tense necessarily conjure up the *present*?
And I wonder what it's like in those languages that have more than one present and more than one past, like French with its passée simple and Italian with its what-is-it-called-again, but the one with the wonderful endings.
And does present tense necessarily conjure up the *present*?
gertrude stein, how to write
Mar. 3rd, 2004 11:12 amI have discovered a wonderful book. It is called How to Write, by Gertrude Stein, written 1927-31. It is a tonic against the usual how-to-write prescriptive mavens.
Extracts:
A Sentence is not emotional a paragraph is. ...
What are adverbs. ... An adverb is a change. ...
A sentence has a as an article the as an article an as an article. A sentence has also a pause before they go. ...
A narrative means telling about Jefferson Williamson and Henderson. This is the substance of a narrative. She met Williamson Jefferson and Henderson. She was interested in meeting Jefferson Henderson and Williamson. ...
I love what she says about sentences and paragraphs. It is a short, cryptic statement but it is like the tip of a huge iceberg of years of thinking and pondering. And it's written from someone who was a doer, who struggled with the nuts and bolts of writing herself every day, and what else are sentences and paragraphs but the nuts and bolts of writing? Here is more on sentences and paragraphs, taken from Stein's Lectures in America (1934):
( Read more... )
Oh, how resonant that is: the emotional paragraphs that are made up of unemotional sentences! I'm not sure I know entirely what it means but it speaks to me, somehow, and seems to make sense in a weird way. I will think and think about and see if I can figure out what it might mean for me.
( Just another example of her weird and wacky prose and her subversive punctuation: )
ETA: And narrative means telling about Jefferson Williamson and Henderson. Well, if that isn't defining narrative as one big slashy threesome, I don't know what it is!!! She met Williamson Jefferson and Henderson. Yeah, and if that she isn't a Mary Sue, my name is Henderson.
*howls*
Extracts:
A Sentence is not emotional a paragraph is. ...
What are adverbs. ... An adverb is a change. ...
A sentence has a as an article the as an article an as an article. A sentence has also a pause before they go. ...
A narrative means telling about Jefferson Williamson and Henderson. This is the substance of a narrative. She met Williamson Jefferson and Henderson. She was interested in meeting Jefferson Henderson and Williamson. ...
I love what she says about sentences and paragraphs. It is a short, cryptic statement but it is like the tip of a huge iceberg of years of thinking and pondering. And it's written from someone who was a doer, who struggled with the nuts and bolts of writing herself every day, and what else are sentences and paragraphs but the nuts and bolts of writing? Here is more on sentences and paragraphs, taken from Stein's Lectures in America (1934):
( Read more... )
Oh, how resonant that is: the emotional paragraphs that are made up of unemotional sentences! I'm not sure I know entirely what it means but it speaks to me, somehow, and seems to make sense in a weird way. I will think and think about and see if I can figure out what it might mean for me.
( Just another example of her weird and wacky prose and her subversive punctuation: )
ETA: And narrative means telling about Jefferson Williamson and Henderson. Well, if that isn't defining narrative as one big slashy threesome, I don't know what it is!!! She met Williamson Jefferson and Henderson. Yeah, and if that she isn't a Mary Sue, my name is Henderson.
*howls*
further musings on the first person
Feb. 5th, 2004 05:10 pmA while ago I posted some musings on pov which resulted in some interesting discussion about the peculiarities about first-person pov.
Here's what the narratologist Gerard Genette has to say about that:
( first-person narrative )
Here's what the narratologist Gerard Genette has to say about that:
( first-person narrative )
How valid is the author's interpretation?
Sep. 7th, 2003 12:50 amThe other day I posted some thoughts on an author's authority of interpretation over her own fic. Several people replied, and I found myself getting so excited by the whole thread that I decided to make a new post with all my responses and further musings.
Because, as I have discovered, I actually feel quite passionate about this!
WARNING: major late-night unrevised ramblings behind cut, and lots of 'em.
( why i believe that the author's interpretation is no more valid than anybody else's )
Because, as I have discovered, I actually feel quite passionate about this!
WARNING: major late-night unrevised ramblings behind cut, and lots of 'em.
( why i believe that the author's interpretation is no more valid than anybody else's )
Subjective vs objective
Nov. 15th, 2002 12:35 pmBefore I had even had coffee, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
demelzagirl zapped me with some demcartean txt-fb on my Header. This prompted musings on
( on objective vs subjective pov )
demelzagirl zapped me with some demcartean txt-fb on my Header. This prompted musings on( on objective vs subjective pov )
