TLDR: Real life and real people are ambiguous. If you want your writing to be realistic, be strategic about how you employ ambiguity. We want to breathe life onto the page, make the unreal seem real. In an effort to do so, we often rely on explicit descriptions, leaving no detail to be confused and… Read More BE AMBIGUOUS
Last June, the Walrus published a piece on the limitations of high fantasy. I find the notion of genre parameters silly and old-fashioned, and was surprised to find the most reputable magazine in Canada perpetuating such notions. So I wrote an angry letter, which they didn’t print. Here it is: In Emily Landau’s piece Slaying Dragons,… Read More GREAT MINDS CRITICIZE ALIKE
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