tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post4453609375956738394..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Proust: items in seriesMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-75230060359318256462009-04-19T11:53:00.000-05:002009-04-19T11:53:00.000-05:00I can't keep myself from making lists in my writin...I can't keep myself from making lists in my writing. It gives things such a nice rhythm.<br /><br />The problem is you don't ever want to stop the story--I had a great writing teacher who would always tell us to "kill all our darlings."<br /><br />Neat post.PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01473803057566464744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-83805074180066163732007-07-03T12:06:00.000-05:002007-07-03T12:06:00.000-05:00That's a good question. Whatever goes against conv...That's a good question. Whatever goes against conventional wisdom — "adjectives bleed nouns" (Strunk and White?) — is not likely to get much encouragment. I love the way Proust's work refutes that conventional wisdom. With his lists, each word invites us to see the thing in another light, from another angle.<BR/><BR/>I think Proust's example inspired a phrase in an essay I wrote last year: "a quirky, lightly comic, extra piece of detail."Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-22838518398258746992007-07-03T01:27:00.000-05:002007-07-03T01:27:00.000-05:00Yes, and I always wonder what an average editor - ...Yes, and I always wonder what an average editor - or creative writing tutor? - would make of just these lists. Proust is an author who not only teaches and inspires, but gives <I>permission</I> to a writer. You wrote once, I recall, that reading Proust changes you - how true.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com