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- From: thiessen@emr1.emr.ca (Tracy Thiessen)
- Subject: Re: Stream of consciousness
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.132836.12602@emr1.emr.ca>
- Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
- References: <1992Dec13.212651.22944@lclark.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:28:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec13.212651.22944@lclark.edu> larryw@sun.lclark.edu (Larry Westdahl) writes:
- >
- >I already have my own ideas on this, but I wanted to know what others thought
- >about this technique. Do you think that stream of consciousness can be
- >a valuable tool in a story, or do you think that the form, because it is
- >so rarely used, may only a distraction? Joyce and Faulkner were able to
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- Rarely used? It seems to me that stream of consciousness is
- a favored technique among neophyte writers and, in my
- estimation, is a lot harder than it looks. (Read any bad
- poetry lately?)
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- Anyway, I think that S of C can be a great device in a story
- in the way that it can change the rhythm of language, as well
- as break down descriptions of emotion to its basic element, well
- recognizing that there is a fine line between tense writing and
- boring introspection.
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- Tracy
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