Comments on: Book Overview, Creating Short Fiction by Damon Knight http://lizargall.com/2009/09/bo-creating-short-fiction/ Freelance writer Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:53:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Liz http://lizargall.com/2009/09/bo-creating-short-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-3821 Liz Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:39:38 +0000 http://lizargall.com/?p=346#comment-3821 I think we are all guilty of that at some time or other. Though at least once written you can go back and feed the first act onwards and often make the story more textured and purposeful. :) I think we are all guilty of that at some time or other. Though at least once written you can go back and feed the first act onwards and often make the story more textured and purposeful. :)

]]> By: Pamela http://lizargall.com/2009/09/bo-creating-short-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-3819 Pamela Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:46:03 +0000 http://lizargall.com/?p=346#comment-3819 "[A]uthor has failed to plan ahead for the ending, hoping something would turn up, and in despair has tacked on a weak, irrelevant, or illogical ending." Ha! I am familiar with this type of hope and despair. “[A]uthor has failed to plan ahead for the ending, hoping something would turn up, and in despair has tacked on a weak, irrelevant, or illogical ending.”

Ha! I am familiar with this type of hope and despair.

]]> By: Liz http://lizargall.com/2009/09/bo-creating-short-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-3792 Liz Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:21:02 +0000 http://lizargall.com/?p=346#comment-3792 I would recommend it in general, I think for you I would urge Italo Calvino's Six Memo's for the Millenium first. I think you'd get more from that, given how you want to extend yourself - Calvino has titles like Lightness and Quickness. I'm reading him right now and I'll probably do a write up of that soon. I would recommend it in general, I think for you I would urge Italo Calvino’s Six Memo’s for the Millenium first. I think you’d get more from that, given how you want to extend yourself – Calvino has titles like Lightness and Quickness. I’m reading him right now and I’ll probably do a write up of that soon.

]]> By: Shauna Roberts http://lizargall.com/2009/09/bo-creating-short-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-3790 Shauna Roberts Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:00:24 +0000 http://lizargall.com/?p=346#comment-3790 Thanks for the summary. With so many writing books on the market, would you recommend this one, despite its age? Thanks for the summary. With so many writing books on the market, would you recommend this one, despite its age?

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