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LITERATURE: Character Build

Posted on June 12, 2005 by susan

There’s much going through my head this morning about characters within a story and I’ll be posting more on it later, but I wanted to get the base down now–before I go write up sales slips and plant geraniums. We … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Character

Posted on June 10, 2005 by susan

Dorothy Parker’s characters are real to me, perhaps because of the era, perhaps because, though this was not as my family lived, it was something I had watched in nightly movies on Channel 5’s The Early show. McCarthy’s characters are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Ranked Rank

Posted on June 10, 2005 by susan

I well admire Crof at Writing Fiction, and read with much interest his list of "The Ten Most Harmful Novels."  Especially since three of them have just been mentioned here recently. By harmful, he means the effect it leaves more … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & REALITY: Suttree and Me

Posted on June 10, 2005 by susan

Okay, so who here knows what’s going on?  Really?  Don’t lie or try to slip one by me in a rowboat while I’m trying not to tip my own canoe.  Because I’ll know, you see, I’ll know.  I’ll see through … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree

Posted on June 9, 2005 by susan

I’m still re-reading, and find that I can’t really just skim through because McCarthy’s writing style is not something that you can skim, nor would you want to.  In fact, his work needs to be read several times, especially if … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree

Posted on June 8, 2005 by susan

I’m finding things in Suttree I think I missed the first time around.  It makes me think that even though I’m skimming through the first half over again, when I get beyond the point I’ve read before I may still … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Parker

Posted on June 8, 2005 by susan

Well, a surprising touch of the bizarre from Dorothy Parker. "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street" is a tale of a quiet couple hiring the services of chef/butler who came with glowing references, mostly given them by Horace (the butler) himself.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree

Posted on June 7, 2005 by susan

Had lost my way, backtracked a bit, no loss of awe the second time around.  McCarthy gives a dreary life, well…life.  Listen to this: "The old man gave him a little crooked grin, his jawseams grouted with black spittle." Tobacco … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Parker

Posted on June 5, 2005 by susan

I don’t think I should be reading "The Portable Dorothy Parker" all the way through–many of the conversations are starting to sound too much alike, and I feel like I’m lost in "The Early Show"  forever with Nick and Nora … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Parker

Posted on June 4, 2005 by susan

Okay, so I’ll probably flunk Nutrition because there’s so much to read, so much to write.  No, not in the course–although that’s heavily overloaded with both, but in my choice of reading and my story-telling of writing. And I didn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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POETRY: “Though We Be Apart”

Posted on May 28, 2005 by susan

Just a fun thing, no attempt at high quality–simply as the thought occurred– Though We Be Apart Goodbye, my love, I’ll miss you soon this rare night apart in all our married life.Don’t fret, my dear, have fun, enjoy,I’ll find … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Dorothy Parker

Posted on May 24, 2005 by susan

Honestly, I’ll get beyond the first story in this anthology, but this one technique has stuck in my head so I need to dump it into yours, especially since it is in keeping with my prior entry regarding omniscience of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Dorothy Parker

Posted on May 23, 2005 by susan

Finally got started on "The Portable Dorothy Parker" and believe I made one mistake already.  I followed the normal mechanical method of bookreading, and started from the beginning.  The introduction, I think, gives too much away about the author and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: More Story

Posted on May 16, 2005 by susan

In the midst of acknowledging my own problems with "story", an excellent post by Michael at  2 Blowhards on Story and narrative structure versus the necessity of "saying something".  I need to read the post again–just scanned it quickly–because this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: When It’s Good…

Posted on April 28, 2005 by susan

…leaves me breathless with swallowing story.  Gobbling up mash made of goodly aged elements, I eat as a pig at the trough.  Digesting the protein of imagery.  Growing fat in a way, I hope, that will make me an excellent … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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