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Jane allison meander spiral explode8/28/2023 ![]() Write a first person POV breathless paragraph or sentence like this Gwen Kirby did here OR do your own thing, but don’t write in a straight line. Your prompt for today is to write a story that meanders in this way, keeping the central conflict on low hum the whole time. And it’s a wonderful example of the power of meandering. It’s funny, angry, sad, desperate, tender, real. It’s actually one looping sentence, spilling over with emotion, yet banal in its attention to, well, that pizza. Kirby, published in Wigleaf. This narrative is all over the place, yet focused like a laser at the same time. Here, she leads us on an inquiry into patterns and design of stories that reach beyond the traditional narrative arc. As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: For centuries theres been one path through fiction. Italo Calvino says that “digression is a strategy for putting off the ending, a multiplying of time within the work, a perpetual evasion or flight. I have not read Jane Alison’s work before, but her latest Meander Spiral Explode (Design and Pattern In Narrative) has me curious what kind of experimentation she might do in her own fiction. A meander begins at one point and moves toward a final one, but with digressive loops. Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative: Jane Alison: 9781094007885: : Books Books Literature & Fiction History & Criticism Enjoy fast, FREE delivery, exclusive deals and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 13.69 List Price: 19. 'How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read. Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and. But it might be bored by classic conflict, so instead lingers by flowing along an extravagant arabesque of detours: this is what meandering narratives do. Meander, Spiral, Explode by Jane Alison: 9781948226134 : Books 'How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read. “If a narrative naturally wants to flow toward its end but doesn’t want to get there yet-the pleasure’s in the journey-it might hold back by strewing conflicts, boulders, along the way, as an adventure story might. In her excellent craft book, Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative, Jane Alison says:
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