tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post4126467597215649618..comments2023-04-03T00:40:11.369+10:00Comments on TakeawaySoulfood: Literary fashionsFranceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05588049222095187200noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post-45687142369074222392011-04-29T10:34:49.633+10:002011-04-29T10:34:49.633+10:00Well I didn't mean you.
I wonder for a laugh ...Well I didn't mean you. <br />I wonder for a laugh why there's no "creative sculpture" classes where you learn the techniques and get a personal vision along with it.<br /><br />Since all the big mental hospitals have become housing estates new asylums are sure needed. I think Kureishi is right.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post-42582202726089073752011-04-28T22:18:02.074+10:002011-04-28T22:18:02.074+10:00As I quoted above, RH, Hanif Kureishi said that th...As I quoted above, RH, Hanif Kureishi said that they are the new lunatic asylums.<br />Interesting...hmmm. I'm sure I could quickly bore you, or anyone else, talking about what is "interesting" to me.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588049222095187200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post-87657363781423735562011-04-27T13:01:33.283+10:002011-04-27T13:01:33.283+10:00Creative writing classes are silly if you expect t...Creative writing classes are silly if you expect to them to make you interesting.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post-85523741340967323002011-04-25T17:52:26.582+10:002011-04-25T17:52:26.582+10:00Hope you enjoy them as such as I do.
Her novels ar...Hope you enjoy them as such as I do.<br />Her novels are wonderful, too.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post-38103431660306801732011-04-24T12:12:30.546+10:002011-04-24T12:12:30.546+10:00I had never heard of her, relatively Retiring, so ...I had never heard of her, relatively Retiring, so I googled and found a Guardian interview. The interviewer uses comments like "jewel like precision". "keen observation, understatement and stylistic clarity"and "..writing crackles with energy, variety and richness." <br />Googling my library catalogue, I see that they have several, so I will be keen to read them. Thank you so much for the introduction.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588049222095187200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post-74609049177230680272011-04-23T17:53:59.730+10:002011-04-23T17:53:59.730+10:00The short story is a form that fascinates and chal...The short story is a form that fascinates and challenges me, both as reader and (constantly struggling) writer.<br />Do you know Jane Gardam's work? She has really mastered the short story.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post-60455147321209512832011-04-23T09:05:49.169+10:002011-04-23T09:05:49.169+10:00Hi Elisabeth. By "style", I mean the ma...Hi Elisabeth. By "style", I mean the manner of writing. If I read a blog entry by you, Jim or Jennifer (and others), I am confident that I could pick which was which, because you each have a very different style of writing. It is very pleasing to read a variety of styles.<br />So, I can see that I was unclear if you read it as suggesting that "style" was not a good thing. It is of course intrinsic. It was the sameness of style from story to story in these collections that I was commenting on. To my mind it made the writing seem formulaic.<br />Of course my comment is from an amateur reader. "Enjoyment" is what I am reading for, but it comes low on the scale of desirable qualities in academic criticism. I wonder if that means that it rates lowly in creative writing courses?<br />(I note Hanif Kureishi, who teaches creative writing, saying that these courses are the new insane asylums. But that's a different point, of course: it just made me chuckle).<br />Yes, in some post a while ago I mentioned a comment from Cate Kennedy which I had read somewhere or other, suggesting that she found short story writing easy. In retrospect I wonder if she was contrasting it with novel writing.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588049222095187200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266222804770076979.post-16530969425211076872011-04-22T21:54:55.431+10:002011-04-22T21:54:55.431+10:00I wonder what you mean by 'style here Frances,...I wonder what you mean by 'style here Frances, and why is it not a good thing. <br /><br />I once heard Cate Kennedy talk about the process of writing short stories. She made it sound effortless. It's not, of course.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com