March 2006 Archives
... we [...] often look for what is wrong with a piece of fiction. Now, that's certainly useful. It's important to know when something's confusing or dull or structurally unsound. But what I find that I need more and more--and need to learn how to do--is a critique that pushes fiction to that next level, that wow level. Like Cecil's admonishment to "look for your inner rage and inner perv," critiquing a competent story is all about seeing its cracktastic potential and about having standards that are higher than good. And it's about finding the great parts of a story and pushing the rest of the it toward those parts. It is a whole mental shift for me in terms of thinking about fiction and it is hard.
Watch this girl. Better yet, read her. Get Tithe. Start there.
The ThinkGeek :: Joss Whedon is my Master Now t-shirt is overstocked and selling cheap...
The Sci-Fi Channel (U.S.) will be showing a Firefly Marathon on March 10th ~ the episodes will start with the pilot "Serenity" and continue in original (intended) order through to "Out of Gas".
