http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2008/07/29/relentless/ frank tempone's literary project Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2008/07/29/relentless/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Jill Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:01:10 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=98#comment-2082 Frank--this hit the nail on my own head, being voice-y, myself. (I remember one advisor calling one of "voice" pieces suffocating, and an older gentleman in workshop said it left him exhausted. SORRY BOYS!) Anyway, am going to readdress one of my older pieces that has a passive but yappy protagonist and see if I can apply the Bachelder/Tempone theory. Frank–this hit the nail on my own head, being voice-y, myself. (I remember one advisor calling one of “voice” pieces suffocating, and an older gentleman in workshop said it left him exhausted. SORRY BOYS!) Anyway, am going to readdress one of my older pieces that has a passive but yappy protagonist and see if I can apply the Bachelder/Tempone theory.

]]> http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2008/07/29/relentless/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 Vivian Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:50:16 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=98#comment-2078 Douglas Glover—who, as you know, emphasizes the importance of conflict as a structural element in fiction—told me that the avoidance of conflict is common among writers. He has had the problem himself, and at one point he tacked a sign up over his desk, NAME THE ENEMY, to remind him that he had to force himself to confront the issue in his own work. Douglas Glover—who, as you know, emphasizes the importance of conflict as a structural element in fiction—told me that the avoidance of conflict is common among writers. He has had the problem himself, and at one point he tacked a sign up over his desk, NAME THE ENEMY, to remind him that he had to force himself to confront the issue in his own work.

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