In the end, Pulp Fiction is too stylized, which is a Tarantino tradition. Susan Sontag says in ”On Style” overly stylized art cannot be great art. I agree.
Another Obscure S-List Writer
Month: April 2019
I tend to refer to the two categories as white collar and blue collar writers. One works at a leisurely pace that could be considered an air conditioned writer’s room. The other toils to make their 2,000 plus words per needed to keep up their multiple books per year pace.
That thing is a barbershop. I genuinely miss a good, old fashioned, barbershop.
Welcome to the second Sunday in April 2019. For my friends in Western churches, I hope you have a fruitful Holy Week. Those of us in Eastern churches have another week left before Holy Week.
Don’t be evil would seem to be an excellent motto. It is a good motto from the standpoint of public relations. That is until people realize you have abrogated to yourself the right to decide what evil is.
Nope, I’m talking about why here it is Tuesday afternoon and I don’t have a Tuesday blog post started. Like any activity writing comes with plenty of excuses not to do it. Perhaps only exercise comes with me.
Welcome to your Sunday Reading. Starting with this month’s newsletter, Sunday Reading will also go to those on the mailing list. Friday’s newsletter contained both…
Of course, you are free to discuss anything, it doesn’t have to be from the newsletter, because this is an open thread.
When you refuse to write something because the character or the outcome is from a viewpoint you fear you are cutting off an entire sphere of solutions. That leads to giving up on great stories.
I do not believe as a reader I am culpable for the moral behavior of an author no matter how much I enjoy their work. It is not a sign of depravity to continue enjoy something I enjoyed prior to this knowledge.