I'm still adjusting to no Lit-traw-chure (pronounce with snooty accent) reading. As mentioned in a previous post, I tried to write and found myself reading my work as if I was going to to quizzed on it. Which, interestingly enough, has made me think that a lot of modern lit is pretty short on story telling. This is based on a bunch of personal essays I had to read in which virtually all of them ended in this vague kind of aren't-I-a-great-writer sort of no-conclusion. I refer to it as the "mumble ending." There's no satisfying ending because that's hard work and low brow apparently. With a "mumble ending" you can pretend you're being meaningful and artsy when really you're just being lazy. Get a life you essayists! Go read some Mark Twain. He wasn't afraid of a real ending.
posted by Carolyn @ 12/13/2005 08:31:00 PM Permalink![]()
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