typecasting
Jan. 22nd, 2002 12:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fictionaloh, and the cover sheet to the manuscript asks us to list our favorite authors. i found myself at somewhat of a loss.
the prof. had already said that she didn't approve of "genre fiction: science fiction, mysteries, spy fiction, gothic romances" although we could write what we chose, of course. she said that, "the author must dominate the writing, not the other way around. genre dictates a recipe, it controls you. although there are those certain exceptions."
i understand what she meant of course.
but i quite like the feeling of being dominated by the writing, having it sweep me off my feet, take me goddess only knows where and then fuck me up against a wall. metaphorically speaking.
and i quite like genre fiction.
after wrestling with the notion of putting down Edmund Spenser, Italo Calvino and Margaret Atwood, (and not to mention fighting with the notion of putting down David Eddings, Anne Perry, Poppy Z. Brite and Judith Krantz), i finally came up with:
i think that's quite a good mix, and describes pretty well the kinds of things i wish i could write. and i suppose that was after all the point.
the prof. had already said that she didn't approve of "genre fiction: science fiction, mysteries, spy fiction, gothic romances" although we could write what we chose, of course. she said that, "the author must dominate the writing, not the other way around. genre dictates a recipe, it controls you. although there are those certain exceptions."
i understand what she meant of course.
but i quite like the feeling of being dominated by the writing, having it sweep me off my feet, take me goddess only knows where and then fuck me up against a wall. metaphorically speaking.
and i quite like genre fiction.
after wrestling with the notion of putting down Edmund Spenser, Italo Calvino and Margaret Atwood, (and not to mention fighting with the notion of putting down David Eddings, Anne Perry, Poppy Z. Brite and Judith Krantz), i finally came up with:
- Neil Gaiman
- James Baldwin
- Chitra Banerjee Divakarumi
i think that's quite a good mix, and describes pretty well the kinds of things i wish i could write. and i suppose that was after all the point.
