tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post657307572072573099..comments2023-08-13T07:13:45.326-05:00Comments on LK Hunsaker, Thoughts and Sketches: Stories Behind the Books -1- fact in fictionLK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-14464666149990746662008-08-14T00:09:00.000-05:002008-08-14T00:09:00.000-05:00Sometimes I wonder what my audience thinks as they...Sometimes I wonder what my audience thinks as they're reading. Do they hear a male or female voice? Do I sound trustworthy? The editor of the paper I write for says reading my articles is like talking to me in person, so I guess that's my "writer's voice." But it's my voice. I'm sure it's possible for an author to have more than one voice. I don't know if I'd recognize him/her if she/he were to TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-89679485716586712242008-08-13T11:48:00.000-05:002008-08-13T11:48:00.000-05:00Yes, I think writing meaning does get easier, not ...Yes, I think writing meaning does get easier, not only with straight practice, but with reading other works and seeing when you "get it" and when you don't. Then it's easier to analyze why it didn't than with your own work.<BR/><BR/>There's no way of telling, of course, if a reader is taking everything the way you meant it. I imagine it doesn't always matter. Readers will get out of it what they LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-13694860439329883952008-08-12T21:35:00.000-05:002008-08-12T21:35:00.000-05:00I can understand how "writing meaning" would be a ...I can understand how "writing meaning" would be a challenge, does it not get easier with practice? <BR/><BR/>You mentioned asking when you don't understand something, and that's definitely the way to go when possible. But what's a reader to do when she comes upon something that she's not really sure about, suppose she gets it all wrong? It's bound to happen, with fiction and non-fiction. I guess TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-29838311194585691302008-08-12T12:25:00.000-05:002008-08-12T12:25:00.000-05:00Ah, and this conversation shows the power of writi...Ah, and this conversation shows the power of writing, whichever kind it is. The hardest thing, as I see it, in writing fiction is to make sure your reader is getting what you mean as opposed to misunderstanding because of personal context. Writing meaning is so much harder than writing words, if that makes sense. I've seen it over and over online when something is taken completely opposite of theLK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-77199953900148479112008-08-12T11:17:00.000-05:002008-08-12T11:17:00.000-05:00Tor, my intention was not to offend storytellers o...Tor, my intention was <B>not to offend storytellers or be condescending to those who practice it</B>. Being relatively new to reading fiction causes me to wonder how the art is created. And I speak only for myself; you and others surely have the right to tell stories, and write them, any way you see fit. I am only a literary critic in my own mind and <B>I would never force my views on anyone or TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-67124762718275931622008-08-12T00:57:00.000-05:002008-08-12T00:57:00.000-05:00Excuse an old country boy's butting in here but I ...Excuse an old country boy's butting in here but I may have a thought or two after reading this give and take over the issue of the story behind the book...that was the subject wasn't it? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, my thought is...yes, of course there is a great deal of fact woven into every work of fiction. That fact usually comes across as the point of view of the author and can be plainly perceived in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-60725726177302427242008-08-11T22:15:00.000-05:002008-08-11T22:15:00.000-05:00TC, I think I must have offended you in some way? ...TC, I think I must have offended you in some way? I'm not sure how. It's hard to know how someone means something online.<BR/><BR/>I mean nothing against literary criticism. Writers need to know their craft and I've studied the basics of different theory. It's not my forte and I can't keep up with you in a deconstructionist or other specific theoretical conversation, other than with my own LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-5327810219565687352008-08-11T17:50:00.000-05:002008-08-11T17:50:00.000-05:00LK, just so you know, I'm not big on any one speci...LK, just so you know, I'm not big on any one specific type of criticism; literary criticism in general was a huge interest of mine in college, I was invited to the lit crit grad program but declined.<BR/><BR/>I don't know a lot about marketing, I realize though, that it's very important to be able to sell what you write. And in order to sell it, you've got to know how to market it. When I finish TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-86962725925747598062008-08-11T16:28:00.000-05:002008-08-11T16:28:00.000-05:00Hi TC,I have to say I'm not much into deconstructi...Hi TC,<BR/><BR/>I have to say I'm not much into deconstructionist theory. I get what they're saying, but I don't see fiction as something that can be boiled down to one theory, much like religion. I think too much specific categorizing is harmful and limiting. Sometimes a wink is just a wink and its meaning may not have been intended as powerfully as the receiver takes it. It's impossible to knowLK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-79420028863883991472008-08-10T15:41:00.000-05:002008-08-10T15:41:00.000-05:00Hello again LK, Indeed, Jacques Derrida - the deco...Hello again LK, <BR/><BR/>Indeed, Jacques Derrida - the deconstructionist theorist extraordinaire, who famously said, "There is nothing outside the text." Oh, I could discuss and debate literary criticism all day and night! Other literary theorists that influence my thoughts and how I write, and read, include: Michel Foucault (<I>What Is an Author?</I>), Simone De Beauvoir (<I>The Second Sex</I>)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.com