http://www.orbitbooks.net/2010/01/14/how-a-story-works/ Orbit Books Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.orbitbooks.net/2010/01/14/how-a-story-works/comment-page-1/#comment-3022 SewaneeLetters.com » Blog Archive » How a story works Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:50:29 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=6650#comment-3022 [...] Alvarez forwarded this fantastic meditation on fiction writing by Robert Jackson Bennett. I particularly liked this confession: I can say that [...] [...] Alvarez forwarded this fantastic meditation on fiction writing by Robert Jackson Bennett. I particularly liked this confession: I can say that [...]

]]> http://www.orbitbooks.net/2010/01/14/how-a-story-works/comment-page-1/#comment-3007 Rufus T. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:19:43 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=6650#comment-3007 I can say that stories are like analogies, making clear concepts that are confused or obscure, painting with words a picture in one's mind. But upon further contemplation, they are mostly meaningless. I can say that stories are like analogies, making clear concepts that are confused or obscure, painting with words a picture in one’s mind. But upon further contemplation, they are mostly meaningless.

]]> http://www.orbitbooks.net/2010/01/14/how-a-story-works/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Matt G Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:12:51 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=6650#comment-2996 I think you just did.. and yes it was also good and cavernous like a dried up vain off the side of an old lake. I think you just did.. and yes it was also good and cavernous like a dried up vain off the side of an old lake.

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