Chris Angelis's Blog, page 25
October 19, 2020
Repeating Reality in Fiction: Why You Should Avoid It
Today’s post on (not) repeating reality in fiction is authored by Igor da Silva Livramento. He’s a fellow academic from UFSC, fellow author, fellow creative-writing advisor, and overall a great fellow. He’s also a composer, music theorist, and producer. Check out his papers on Academia.edu, his music on Bandcamp, and his personal musings on his blog – in Portuguese, […]
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October 12, 2020
The Perfect Gray – New Literary Fiction Novel
So, here we are… A new literary-fiction novel. The Perfect Gray is a project I began almost as an exercise. The idea came soon after I wrote the post on concept fiction. Quite frankly, I had absolutely no plan in mind regarding plot or characters, which of course is the whole point behind concept fiction. […]
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October 5, 2020
Censorship of Thought and How to Avoid It
Not all limitations in expression are censorship. Think of an academic essay where – except quoting others for specific purposes – you can’t say “lol” or “whazzup”. But censorship is all about limitations in writing and expressing. Censorship of thought, in particular, is an especially insidious process – and the ultimate goal of censorship. Censorship […]
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September 28, 2020
Writing Gimmicks and How to Avoid Them
Writing gimmicks are tricks authors use to distract readers from a bad text. We’ll be defining this in more detail in this post, but in this context a trick has nothing to do with reader manipulation. Reader manipulation is a legitimate narrative technique. Writing gimmicks, on the other hand, are not techniques but fluff. Indeed, […]
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September 20, 2020
17 Ways to Grab a Reader’s Attention
Today’s post – showing you 17 ways to grab a reader’s attention – is authored by Igor da Silva Livramento. He’s a fellow academic from UFSC, fellow author, fellow creative-writing advisor, and overall a great fellow. He’s also a composer, music theorist, and producer. Check out his papers on Academia.edu, his music on Bandcamp, and his personal musings […]
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September 13, 2020
Are You a Writer on an Artist?
Most fiction writers would like to think of themselves as artists. To be an author is to be an artist, right? Well, no; not necessarily. The question “are you a writer or an artist” might corner some of you. Perhaps you resist it. “Surely”, you might say, “one can be both a writer and an […]
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September 7, 2020
Review of In Absurdia, by Glenn Whalan
In Absurdia, by Glenn Whalan, is a novel; sort of. In Absurdia, by Glenn Whalan, is an experimental-fiction novel; sort of. And this is a review of In Absurdia, by Glenn Whalan; (wait for it) sort of. Quite honestly, this must be among the most unorthodox reviews I’ve ever had to write, not because I […]
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August 30, 2020
Rhythm in Prose: The Rolling Waves of Storytelling
Today’s post on the concept of rhythm in prose is authored by Igor da Silva Livramento. He’s a fellow academic from UFSC, fellow author, fellow creative-writing advisor, and overall a great fellow. He’s also a composer, music theorist, and producer. Check out his papers on Academia.edu, his music on Bandcamp, and his personal musings on his blog – in […]
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August 24, 2020
Review of Confessions of a Mask, by Yukio Mishima
As is often the case with some of my reviews – Outline, by Rachel Cusk comes to mind – this review of Confessions of a Mask, by Yukio Mishima, is not just a review. It’s also an opportunity for me to explain something about how literature is supposed to operate. And here’s the (meta-)lesson: There’s […]
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August 18, 2020
Vocabulary Richness Ratio: a JavaScript Analyzer for Fiction Texts
I’ve been reading a lot of Yukio Mishima’s fiction lately. In awe of the richness of his vocabulary, I decided to code a little program that analyzes a novel and tells us how diverse the author’s word choices are. Enter Vocabulary Richness Ratio, my newest JavaScript experiment! Just like my Fiction Complexity Index attempt, the […]
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