tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post5917796634915303021..comments2015-04-27T06:53:28.397-04:00Comments on The Scribbling Novelist: Oh the horror of workshop...Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551390006758943315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-58333858522306509392008-12-02T16:28:00.000-05:002008-12-02T16:28:00.000-05:00I don't think you should worry about what your sub...I don't think you should worry about what your subjects are. They are what they are. Look at John Irving (former UNH student, by the way). He writes a lot about death. I just wrote three poems with crows in them and then an entire poem called "In Praise of Crows". Why crows? I have no frickin' idea.jenny lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614731850714166157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-1680257065204390132008-12-01T23:51:00.000-05:002008-12-01T23:51:00.000-05:00Why does it need to be dark to be "literary" I thi...<I>Why does it need to be dark to be "literary" </I><BR/><BR/>I think this is my problem as well. My writing sample to get in was a character that had been drugged and date raped, and another that had had an abortion that she'd never really come to terms with. Now I'm the chick writing about death. I tell myself "I'm working through something" and that's why the death theme reoccurs ... but why does it need to be something big, ugly and weighty? There's a great couple of articles in the Writer's Chronicle about this (I think AWP schools get free copies) :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382258703126540760noreply@blogger.com