LIVE! #8
4 March 2019
Agenda
- Why We're Here / Roundtable Rules
- Introduction to Literary Forensics
- Group Discussion
- Further Study
Why We're Here
We writers want to improve our craft
by reading like a writer
We learn from each other
using Literary Forensics
Roundtable Rules
Always refer back to the book
Practice active listening & serendipity
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but not every conclusion
Always refer back to the book
Reading Teaches Writing
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Introducing
Rachel Cusk:8 novels
Saving Agnes (1993)
The Temporary (1995)
The Country Life (1997)
The Lucky Ones (2003)
In the Fold (2005)
Arlington Park (2006)
The Bradshaw Variations (2009)2002
A Life's Work:
On Becoming a Mother -
2009
The Last Supper:
A Summer in Italy
2012
Aftermath:
On Marriage
and
Separation
. . 3 years . .
“If you want people to like you, don't write.”
- Rachel Cusk
- Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk on auto-fiction:
"The idea of fiction or non-fiction to me has become so meaningless, saying, is this ‘true’?
I’m surprised people care. I definitely don’t.”
I’m surprised people care. I definitely don’t.”
“I don't think character exists anymore.”
- Rachel Cusk
- Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk on Outline Trilogy
“The form of these novels is sort of a novel turned inside out, like you can turn a jumper inside out”
What do you feel?
What in the book elicited that feeling?
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but every conclusion should be questioned
We practice serendipity
- nothing is too crazy
Always refer back to the book
What do you notice?
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Cologne, Germany
Hotel Im Wasserturm
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Lisbon, Portugal
Igreja de São Domingo
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Artemisia Gentileschi ca. 1610-1615
Female Persuasion - Stats
- Marketing: Literary
- Genre: Realistic, Present-Day, Arch-Plot Long-Form
- Word count: 60,981
- Print Pages: 240
- Tense: Past
- POV: 1st person (Faye)
- Publish date: June 5, 2018
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Trilogy: Outline (2015), Transit (2017), Kudos (2018)
- Awards: New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2018
- Rachel Cusk @ Lighthouse Denver Lit Fest, June 10-14
Arch Plot Structure
Word Cloud
