tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post6204056457810676378..comments2024-03-27T18:51:08.953-07:00Comments on Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: THE KNITTERS IN THE SUNJerry Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-49011066626218112992021-05-13T08:07:01.825-07:002021-05-13T08:07:01.825-07:00Seems like advice that leads to the kind of story ...Seems like advice that leads to the kind of story Stewart O'Nan describes in the essay you link to, Patti--one way to skin a cat, nut by no means the only way: "But the new fiction only superficially resembled his. It had a thinness of characterization, leaving the story’s true movement to the surface of the prose and often what remained unstated beneath it. And the new authors rarely moved time or favored omniscient narration the way Yates did. In its stylization and severity the new fiction simplified the positions of author and character, choosing as a default mode a neutral, unjudgmental stance and asking the reader to abide by the same rules; and the characters often seemed so flat and cryptic, emblematic, without desire or fear, that this tack seemed appropriate."Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-997054023475806312021-05-12T07:28:32.055-07:002021-05-12T07:28:32.055-07:00A lot of plot for a short story. Impressive. I was...A lot of plot for a short story. Impressive. I was taught not to do that but I sometimes think it was a mistake. Basically I was taught 2-3 characters, one or two setting, one main issue. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com