Comments on: How to Write a Novel Pt. 1 http://ericshonkwiler.com/2010/01/how-to-write-a-novel-pt-1/ The continued life of an aspiring writer. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:37:16 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Hunter http://ericshonkwiler.com/2010/01/how-to-write-a-novel-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Hunter Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:45:19 +0000 http://ericshonkwiler.com/?p=262#comment-432 Hi, Eric. A theme is great for raising questions. It's when you start trying too hard to answer the questions that things get wonky. I like the idea of planting it and forgetting it... Hi, Eric. A theme is great for raising questions. It’s when you start trying too hard to answer the questions that things get wonky.

I like the idea of planting it and forgetting it…

]]> By: Kristan http://ericshonkwiler.com/2010/01/how-to-write-a-novel-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Kristan Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:43:35 +0000 http://ericshonkwiler.com/?p=262#comment-430 I think this is one of the first posts of yours I read, and obviously not the last. So obviously it's good stuff! :P I think this is one of the first posts of yours I read, and obviously not the last. So obviously it’s good stuff! :P

]]> By: Hannah Miet http://ericshonkwiler.com/2010/01/how-to-write-a-novel-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Hannah Miet Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:37:32 +0000 http://ericshonkwiler.com/?p=262#comment-429 P.s. On a stupid and unrelated note, please explain to me how you copyright your site at the bottom. I need to do the same. P.s. On a stupid and unrelated note, please explain to me how you copyright your site at the bottom. I need to do the same.

]]> By: Hannah Miet http://ericshonkwiler.com/2010/01/how-to-write-a-novel-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Hannah Miet Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:36:38 +0000 http://ericshonkwiler.com/?p=262#comment-428 Organically. Ex-fucking-actly. The same even happens in memoir. I am not going in with nothing at all, yet I find myself searching for truth within my own stories...searching for a message through the telling. It's already building one, but it's from the core...the search is part of the story. The worst novels, memoirs, short stories, poems are the ones that clearly stem from and around a moral. Built artificially, supporting a bloated yet intangible substance. I wish I was sleep but this was most enjoyable to read at the height of my third sleepless night. Oh, death. Organically. Ex-fucking-actly.

The same even happens in memoir. I am not going in with nothing at all, yet I find myself searching for truth within my own stories…searching for a message through the telling. It’s already building one, but it’s from the core…the search is part of the story.

The worst novels, memoirs, short stories, poems are the ones that clearly stem from and around a moral. Built artificially, supporting a bloated yet intangible substance.

I wish I was sleep but this was most enjoyable to read at the height of my third sleepless night.

Oh, death.

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