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Mental nearsightedness...
Jan. 25th, 2006 02:41 pmSo I've had this smoldering novel project for years. It's only about 2 chapters long right now. Every time I've picked it up I just got stuck there.
So I had this little "Eureka" breakthrough very recently, and it was so painfully obvious I can't believe I didn't see it. I'm looking at my bookshelf trying to decide what to read next, when my eyes light upon The Sound And The Fury. Hmmm, might be nice to reread that. And then BOOM! It occurs to me that the entire problem with the bloody novel is I've always thought of it as a third-person omniscient thing, but it should really be a first-person thing with multiple narrators.
So, there's a fresh wind in the sails, and the novel is underway again. But I think I'll have to subtitle it "A Tale Told By An Idiot". I mean, really. So bloody obvious.
So I had this little "Eureka" breakthrough very recently, and it was so painfully obvious I can't believe I didn't see it. I'm looking at my bookshelf trying to decide what to read next, when my eyes light upon The Sound And The Fury. Hmmm, might be nice to reread that. And then BOOM! It occurs to me that the entire problem with the bloody novel is I've always thought of it as a third-person omniscient thing, but it should really be a first-person thing with multiple narrators.
So, there's a fresh wind in the sails, and the novel is underway again. But I think I'll have to subtitle it "A Tale Told By An Idiot". I mean, really. So bloody obvious.