October 1st, 2009 / 11:46 am
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Lick Your Finger and Stick it in The Outlet

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The fine folks at Electric Literature have launched a blog. The first two posts at The Outlet are a chapter of Shya Scanlon’s Forecast and this short essay by Jim Shepard about writing non-fiction-based fiction.

The first worry writers have when they consider working with something like historical events has to do with the issue of authority:  as in, where do I get off writing about that?    Well, here’s the good and the bad news:  where do you get off writing about anything?   Where do you get off writing about someone of a different gender?    A different person?   Where do you get off writing about yourself, from twenty years ago?

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10 Comments

  1. October 2nd, 2009 / 1:09 am reynard seifert—

      that picture is incredible

  2. October 1st, 2009 / 9:09 pm reynard seifert—

      that picture is incredible

  3. October 2nd, 2009 / 1:20 am mimi—

      In order of who I’d wanna/be willing to “do”:
      Roger
      Morgan
      Barbra
      Pete

  4. October 1st, 2009 / 9:20 pm mimi—

      In order of who I’d wanna/be willing to “do”:
      Roger
      Morgan
      Barbra
      Pete

  5. October 2nd, 2009 / 1:28 am reynard seifert—

      i would definitely go for morgan first, but i guess i agree with the rest of that order.

  6. October 1st, 2009 / 9:28 pm reynard seifert—

      i would definitely go for morgan first, but i guess i agree with the rest of that order.

  7. October 2nd, 2009 / 7:09 am mimi—

      Watch Woodstock (well, the The Who segment) and then decide “who’s on top” (of the list….)

  8. October 2nd, 2009 / 3:09 am mimi—

      Watch Woodstock (well, the The Who segment) and then decide “who’s on top” (of the list….)

  9. October 2nd, 2009 / 11:54 am mimi—

      Oh yeah, and I would tell Roger that it’s okay to get sweaty but leave the hair gel at home.

  10. October 2nd, 2009 / 3:54 pm mimi—

      Oh yeah, and I would tell Roger that it’s okay to get sweaty but leave the hair gel at home.