tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post4911108195631327010..comments2023-05-29T07:15:27.839-07:00Comments on Finding Kat Heckenbach: Literary MinefieldKat Heckenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-89182219190839247652011-07-07T06:58:22.376-07:002011-07-07T06:58:22.376-07:00I'm saying that literary equals boring most of...I'm saying that literary equals boring most of the time for ME. That it's very much a matter of taste. And that most literary sorts have a different priority in writing than commercial sorts. <br /><br />I love a good character-driven story as well. But I tend more toward plot-driven stories. And even in the character driven ones, I want extraordinary situations. <br /><br />I do love the "language" that many literary novels boast as well, but much of the time the language gets in the way for me. <br /><br />I also think much "literary" writing is pretentious drivel--and I think the truly good literary writers would agree. It's sort of like this: I'm not a big fan of abstract art, but there is good, deep, meaningful abstract art out there. However, it gets lumped in with the splatter-painted toilet seat some nimrod decided to hang on a wall and call "art."<br /><br />I think that is where the "war"<br />stems from. The literary snobs seeing the mind-numbing, drone-targeted commercial work that is out there and assuming all commercial fiction is like that--and the commercial writers seeing the literary equivalent of a splatter-painted toilet seat and assuming all literary work is like that.<br /><br />Here's the catch--the bad commercial writers don't know they suck, and neither do the bad literary writers. <br /><br />And of course, there is the fact that not all writing falls neatly on one side or the other.<br /><br />Oh, this may need a whole nother post....Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-48526297823283732562011-07-07T04:03:24.759-07:002011-07-07T04:03:24.759-07:00Did that conversation happen after I left? I don&#...Did that conversation happen after I left? I don't remember it. <br /><br />Do I correctly infer that literary equals boring? I've always preferred character-driven novels (I think), so do you mean literary character-driven involves lots of coffee shop navel-gazing introspection rather than self-realization while achieving some kind of active quest? <br /><br />I guess I'm still confused. More, please.Robynn Tolberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141254504443757066noreply@blogger.com