There are a multitude of styles and approaches and favorite sorts of subjects present in PX-1, which I believe an excellent thing. Too much of the same thing breeds monotony, and I'm an impatient person in certain respects: I like variety. I find Perdix's way of going about things and looking at things (in terms of fiction) not too distant from my own; similarly, those of mordenkainen and L'Etranger. Carter's approach isn't the one I employ, but I appreciate it for what he does with it. (I really want to see Carter do a story in Burroughs-style paste-up technique, since I think he could handle it with aplomb, and produce something startling.)
Nevertheless, it would be interesting to get a statement for what you think constitute the principal features of stuff you write.
Here's a sample from me: I like irony, and like to look at characters very closely, and examine them with an eye towards the things that make apparently ordinary people really seem outrageous on close inspection. And you know, people are ENDLESSLY weird. The world around us, for that matter, is (to quote J. B. S. Haldane) "stranger than we can imagine." All the same, people try to act as if this strangeness doesn't exist, and lead their lives as if everything is rational, normal, and under control. Ha. I enjoy putting characters in an exteme situation to watch that illusion break down.
That probably constitutes the fictional Weltanschauung. Concerning similarities in viewpoint, rumors that Perdix, mordenkainen, L'Etranger, and I were separated at birth are just rumors, and we plan to refute them systematically at the next family reunion. :lol:
I've also got a weakness for doing verbal elaboration for its own sake. I try to make every sentence do its job, yet mean a bit more than it means on the surface. This leads, on occasion, to a lot of verbal filigree for the pleasure of just writing. Dee, Perdix, and I all seem to suffer from this characteristic to some degree. Call it a mannerism. If we pull it off, it's not a flaw as such. If we don't pull it off, it can seem mannered, at best.
Anyone else care to step forward and say something about their own work, as if they were an outside observer?
LSN
Nevertheless, it would be interesting to get a statement for what you think constitute the principal features of stuff you write.
Here's a sample from me: I like irony, and like to look at characters very closely, and examine them with an eye towards the things that make apparently ordinary people really seem outrageous on close inspection. And you know, people are ENDLESSLY weird. The world around us, for that matter, is (to quote J. B. S. Haldane) "stranger than we can imagine." All the same, people try to act as if this strangeness doesn't exist, and lead their lives as if everything is rational, normal, and under control. Ha. I enjoy putting characters in an exteme situation to watch that illusion break down.
That probably constitutes the fictional Weltanschauung. Concerning similarities in viewpoint, rumors that Perdix, mordenkainen, L'Etranger, and I were separated at birth are just rumors, and we plan to refute them systematically at the next family reunion. :lol:
I've also got a weakness for doing verbal elaboration for its own sake. I try to make every sentence do its job, yet mean a bit more than it means on the surface. This leads, on occasion, to a lot of verbal filigree for the pleasure of just writing. Dee, Perdix, and I all seem to suffer from this characteristic to some degree. Call it a mannerism. If we pull it off, it's not a flaw as such. If we don't pull it off, it can seem mannered, at best.
Anyone else care to step forward and say something about their own work, as if they were an outside observer?
LSN
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