I remember someone saying somewhere that narrative always lies?
I always thought fiction was a Master Of The Universe deal where you
get to control everything ... BAWAHAHAHA!!!
Roger
On 2/21/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree with Alison on the self-exposure issue, i.e.,
> poetry (and acting) are the most exposing, while
> fiction controls for that (if you would agree,
> Alison--I don't want to put words in your mouth) via
> narrative. In fact, I'd say that the narrative poem is
> closer to fiction than to poetry, but the idea of
> fiction as the most exposing strikes me as absurd.
> Fiction is, if anything, a _hiding_ genre.
>
> Candice
>
> (This one's for you, Doug)
>
> Well my baby's so fine
> Even her car looks good
> From behind
> (Tom Waits)
>
>
> --- Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Personally, having written plays, fiction and
> > poetry, and having
> > witnessed many other kinds of artists at work, I
> > think this is
> > self-aggrandising crap. All art is exposing,
> > although not in the ways
> > that most people seem to think. Fiction permits you
> > many kinds of
> > masks. And I think poetry is by far the most
> > exposing of writerly
> > arts, and maybe I think acting the most exposing art
> > of all. Amis,
> > obviously, doesn't write poems.
> >
> > All best
> >
> > A
> >
> > On 2/21/07, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > > One of the things I've learned about fiction - you
> > really do lay yourself open in
> > > a way that no other so-called creative artist
> > does. Most other art you're just
> > > exhibiting a particular talent, even poetry up to
> > a point, but by writing fiction
> > > you expose not only your talent but your whole
> > being, your social, sexual and
> > > psychological being and you're never more
> > vulnerable than when you do that...
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2013359,00.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
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