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How to write a Great American Novel

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How to write a Great American Novel

Postby Cyborg Girl » Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:52 pm

Okay, maybe I'm weird, but this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/co ... ea75a75025

Made me laugh quite hard.
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Re: How to write a Great American Novel

Postby geonuc » Sat Sep 10, 2016 5:04 pm

What's it about? The Washington Post is a pay to play site, after a set number of free articles.
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Re: How to write a Great American Novel

Postby Cyborg Girl » Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:36 pm

Oh dear. I hadn't been reading it lately, so had forgotten about the paywall.

Basically, the author pokes fun at certain... entrenched tropes in American Literature (the serious Capital-L kind). Think writers like John Updike and Jonathan Franzen, where it's mostly about middle aged, middle class white people living in suburbia and watching their marriages fail.
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Re: How to write a Great American Novel

Postby grapes » Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:20 pm

They left out

Interaction with animal(s) that is significant in a subtle way

Except for whales. How can it be a Great American Novel without pets or wildlife?
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