Comments on: The Novel is a 10,000-Piece Puzzle of a Clear, Blue Sky http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2007/05/16/the-novel-is-a-10000-piece-puzzle-of-a-clear-blue-sky/ frank tempone's literary project Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tim Callahan http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2007/05/16/the-novel-is-a-10000-piece-puzzle-of-a-clear-blue-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Tim Callahan Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:11:43 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=40#comment-339 According to our friend Rick Moody, women follow a different pattern. And also, ewwwwwwww. According to our friend Rick Moody, women follow a different pattern.

And also, ewwwwwwww.

]]> By: Vivian http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2007/05/16/the-novel-is-a-10000-piece-puzzle-of-a-clear-blue-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Vivian Thu, 31 May 2007 19:22:48 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=40#comment-338 And that form isn't exclusively male, Old Sport. Not even the clean-up part. And that form isn’t exclusively male, Old Sport. Not even the clean-up part.

]]> By: Tim Callahan http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2007/05/16/the-novel-is-a-10000-piece-puzzle-of-a-clear-blue-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Tim Callahan Sun, 20 May 2007 01:33:29 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=40#comment-306 So "Ulysses" is a folk novel? It's pretty good. And as Rick Moody points out in the new issue of The Believer (and as I've been saying out loud for years, though not to anyone under 18), aren't the vast majority of novels plotted in a form that merely echoes male sexual stimulation and release? Anticipation/Rising Action/Climax/Clean-Up. And although Rick Moody seems to think such formulaic structure is a bad thing, I don't necessarily agree. After all, there seems to be something essentially human about it. To me, the structure is less important than what's done within the structure. Writing is good. So “Ulysses” is a folk novel? It’s pretty good.

And as Rick Moody points out in the new issue of The Believer (and as I’ve been saying out loud for years, though not to anyone under 18), aren’t the vast majority of novels plotted in a form that merely echoes male sexual stimulation and release? Anticipation/Rising Action/Climax/Clean-Up. And although Rick Moody seems to think such formulaic structure is a bad thing, I don’t necessarily agree. After all, there seems to be something essentially human about it. To me, the structure is less important than what’s done within the structure.

Writing is good.

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