Paul, Scott, and sometimes Terry discuss how to get through the grind and strategies to prevent/deal with burnout.
Monkey Dances For Art & Money
Are you making money off your art? Or are you spending money to make art? When do you invest in
Are you making money off your art? Or are you spending money to make art? When do you invest in
You have to edit your own work. What steps should you go through? Are beta readers a substitute for an
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The idea of subtext clicked after reading Lolita by Nabokov. After that, I’ve been fascinated by Unreliable Narrators since it’s a stew of subtext–whatever they’re saying is either untrue or masked.
Subtext is something you see in great literature. Less so in genre fiction. I wish I was much better at than I am, but to convey it properly, you also need to ask the reader to do some work. To a certain degree, that’s a non-starter in “genre” fiction, although I’m not certain as to why. Many of the so-called literary devices are consider a big no-no for more commercial works.