Comments on: Supple Narrative http://cathryngrant.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/supple-narrative/ Rants about life and writing. Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:55:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: CathrynG http://cathryngrant.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/supple-narrative/#comment-106 CathrynG Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:35:31 +0000 http://cathryngrant.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-106 It does appear to flow fully formed. I take comfort in one of my favorite quotes, Hemingway's explanation of why he rewrote the last page of A Farewell to Arms 39 times ... Interviewer: "What was it that had stumped you?" Hemingway: "Getting the words right" It does appear to flow fully formed. I take comfort in one of my favorite quotes, Hemingway’s explanation of why he rewrote the last page of A Farewell to Arms 39 times …

Interviewer: “What was it that had stumped you?” Hemingway: “Getting the words right”

]]> By: Nathan H. http://cathryngrant.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/supple-narrative/#comment-104 Nathan H. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:03:42 +0000 http://cathryngrant.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-104 cool, simple, not overdone, common feeling and emotion conveyed in a non-high brow way...very nice cool, simple, not overdone, common feeling and emotion conveyed in a non-high brow way…very nice

]]> By: Linda http://cathryngrant.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/supple-narrative/#comment-103 Linda Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:41:39 +0000 http://cathryngrant.wordpress.com/?p=258#comment-103 Perrotta's writing is lovely, isn't it? This is what I aspire to myself, and I wonder: is it the word choice? the sentence structure? what? He, and other writers I admire, make it look as though it just flows fully formed onto the page, as though they're just chatting breezily and I'm listening in. Can this be learned? I hope so. Perrotta’s writing is lovely, isn’t it? This is what I aspire to myself, and I wonder: is it the word choice? the sentence structure? what? He, and other writers I admire, make it look as though it just flows fully formed onto the page, as though they’re just chatting breezily and I’m listening in. Can this be learned? I hope so.

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