tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993014363591225483.post7845376239627660111..comments2013-07-27T05:53:08.521-05:00Comments on Trust Me. I'm a Writer.: On AssignmentsWilly Nasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09177679388368960701noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993014363591225483.post-70167284768171262752009-06-03T19:43:55.770-05:002009-06-03T19:43:55.770-05:00Dinah,
That seems true enough. So, fiction assig...Dinah,<br /><br />That seems true enough. So, fiction assignments tell you what the plot should be, and therefore the plot feels contrived instead of coming organically from the story.<br /><br />I'm trying to think of a fiction assignment that wouldn't be plot-based... maybe an assignment that stated the writer should write in a particular mode or style?Willy Nasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177679388368960701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993014363591225483.post-83906408977527171872009-06-01T19:57:04.012-05:002009-06-01T19:57:04.012-05:00Wow Willy, I feel really good about next year now....Wow Willy, I feel really good about next year now.<br /><br />-TiffanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993014363591225483.post-30116718653897483602009-05-31T21:50:34.096-05:002009-05-31T21:50:34.096-05:00My first thought is that this has to do with plot....My first thought is that this has to do with plot. Fiction assignments do, I mean. And plot is clunky, boring, really difficult unless you have the knack for revealing it. So assignments make you focus on it, whether strictly in the narrative sense or in a vaguer way of how the story unfolds, and it is reductive and boring. Nonfiction and poetry, though, I find that the form and content come as a package deal. It's hard to write one without engaging the other, which makes for a better rounded piece up front. <BR><BR> Then again, maybe I just hate plot. And most fiction.dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812807635837507797noreply@blogger.com