On 03/09/12 02:08, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> I'm intrigued by the 'I' here, Chris
Thanks for the editorial suggestion... that was to hard part to edit, so
I left it there, for now.
Use of 1st person dialog in novels is usually considered a separate
layer to the 3rd person narration, marked by dialogic markers and
quotes. I don't do that in BBQ especially, making it more difficult to
write, I am finding. The other novel doesn't use quotation marks for
dialog, only he says, when needed. So the text doesn't get striated
(devided into layers)
I also had to do some extra research and reading, as to how to
understand recent history, especially the world historic changes of the
70s, with gay lib movement and 80s reaction, ie AIDS. And also most
surviving gay men my age are seriously ill, due to long and life
threatening struggle; post-traumatic stress illnesses, etc. This forces
certain formal changes, which as a survivor get forced to write, so to
speak. I am only just beginning to understand this; hence needs for long
time spans over which to write (read a PhD in one day, hard work)
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