tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post6126834953722187028..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: Hotel RoomsDavid Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-85875077290528947342008-03-02T10:48:00.000-08:002008-03-02T10:48:00.000-08:00Hi, Jake--Well, I'm told that one of the marks of ...Hi, Jake--<BR/><BR/>Well, I'm told that one of the marks of a great writer is being able to express a great deal in a few words...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-9461096070284578462008-03-02T05:13:00.000-08:002008-03-02T05:13:00.000-08:00I'm going to go overdose on meth now. You've inspi...I'm going to go overdose on meth now. You've inspired me, David!<BR/><BR/>(By 'overdose on meth' I of course mean 'go to sleep, without having accomplished anything regarding the thesis outline and mini-paper due Monday, nor studied for the test I have Monday, and having written an entire novel scene only to realize that it was crap and scrapped it.' Semantics.)Jake Jessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834903087805267419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-3725626652198453002008-01-15T10:35:00.000-08:002008-01-15T10:35:00.000-08:00I dream to wander through this world all alone but...I dream to wander through this world all alone but I have a family, a great job and an image to which I can't help to stick. Therefore I travel in the way that I am supposed to travel, I live in the way that I am supposed to live. I cannot even convince my wealthy father to run away with me for six months: he says that he prefers blond women. My mother did not hear that. She is blond, after all.<BR/>These Pisces!<BR/><BR/>Quiet suits me so much that monasteries are one of the places I dream of spending time in. It would be nice to be slowly encapsulated in a stone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-20859577065495332342008-01-14T15:09:00.000-08:002008-01-14T15:09:00.000-08:00Hi, May--Are you an afficianado of hotel rooms as ...Hi, May--<BR/><BR/>Are you an afficianado of hotel rooms as well, or do you just envy the idea of quiet?David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-20764943807472789222008-01-14T11:32:00.000-08:002008-01-14T11:32:00.000-08:00Hi, Sam--James Joyce has a very nice Zoom Out at t...Hi, Sam--<BR/><BR/>James Joyce has a very nice Zoom Out at the end of his short story "The Dead", but, then, zooming out is usually easier at ends (be they story ends or scene ends or chapter ends). Joyce wasn't writing from a tight third POV, though, which makes movement easier in the first place.<BR/><BR/>I think jumping over is always safer than zooming out, because people are used to jump cuts.<BR/><BR/>That said, yes, you can pull back a bit, reacnhor, then pull back a little farther...but it can take a lot of coaxing. For some reason, it's far easier to sart in the clouds and drag a reader down into somebody's head than it is to move the opposite direction.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-50806865616634652962008-01-14T11:26:00.000-08:002008-01-14T11:26:00.000-08:00Tim--If I recall correctly, Jonathan Drapes' first...Tim--If I recall correctly, Jonathan Drapes' first literary prize was a bar of chocolate, and he complains that he hasn't won one since.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Matt- I have coffee pot in this hotel room, and so far it hasn't done a damn thing. Except make a little coffee.<BR/><BR/>Alis- Nope, nary a word of journalism have I committed. (I wrote two books for The Economist, but hey weren't really journalism.) Perhaps I should look into UK papers.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-4297250352705485632008-01-14T06:21:00.000-08:002008-01-14T06:21:00.000-08:00Or should I just elide the times completely and ta...Or should I just elide the times completely and take the risk that the lack of connective tissue in the story might make the skeleton fall apart?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-33031075783881645222008-01-14T06:17:00.000-08:002008-01-14T06:17:00.000-08:00"I've read most of the books in my library"That's ..."I've read most of the books in my library"<BR/><BR/>That's the major difference between you and me. I guess I just buy books so I can think to myself "Maybe I'll have time to read them so I can be smart some day" ;)<BR/><BR/>BTW, wanted to share with you that I've been experimenting with the techniques you discussed in fearless exposition and narrative distance in a mad little short story. The exposition worked, but the Zooming Out (paraphrasing huge blocks of time or looking away from brutal fights because they weren't the point) seems to have thrown a few readers for a loop (as you warned it might). Is there a way to "feather the edges" of a zoom out to make it less jarring?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-91832903462299683722008-01-13T04:11:00.000-08:002008-01-13T04:11:00.000-08:00Enjoy the stay and the quiet of your hotel room!As...Enjoy the stay and the quiet of your hotel room!<BR/>As usual, I envy you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-45655609336571531432008-01-12T08:36:00.000-08:002008-01-12T08:36:00.000-08:00Ah my industrial quantities of tea look so tame......Ah my industrial quantities of tea look so tame...<BR/>David, do you ever write anything for the newspapers? This kind of thing would go down well over here, though I don't know about the states.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-81098095282975599132008-01-12T05:17:00.000-08:002008-01-12T05:17:00.000-08:00Or if you're Roger, you get the coffee pot to writ...Or if you're Roger, you get the coffee pot to write the story for you...mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-28361398207212229572008-01-12T02:03:00.000-08:002008-01-12T02:03:00.000-08:00Hmmm... makes my favoured writers' stimulant--hot ...Hmmm... makes my favoured writers' stimulant--hot chocolate--seem pretty tame!Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.com