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February 22, 2010May 19, 2012 - Uncategorized

Tiny Shocks Revisited (A Continuing Criticism of James Wood’s How Fiction Works)

Earlier today John pointed toward Nigel Beale’s cleverly-titled criticism of my post “Tiny Shocks: Uncovering the Reductive Plot of James…

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February 21, 2010February 22, 2010 - Uncategorized

“[T]he pseudo-intellectuals at Big Other…”

Nigel Beale, a “writer, broadcaster, bibliophile,” and, it appears, fan of and apologist for James Wood, insults Big Other’s contributors…

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January 31, 2010May 19, 2012 - Uncategorized

Tiny Shocks: Uncovering the Reductive Plot of James Wood’s How Fiction Works

[Update: As if this post weren’t long enough, there’s now a Part 2.] On January 22, I read Shya Scanlon’s…

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January 27, 2010April 30, 2011 - Uncategorized

Uncover Your Tracks: A Preliminary Critique of James Wood’s How Fiction Works

Shya posted something two days ago about James Wood’s How Fiction Works, in which Wood advocates the use of “free…

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January 25, 2010January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized

Cover your tracks

I’m (still) reading How Fiction Works, by James Wood. The entire book is built around a concept he calls “free…

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