Posts from the ‘Subject Matter’ Category

  • Subject-Matter

    Subject-Matter

    February 28th, 2012 | Subject Matter | journalpulp | 5 Comments

    “There is no work of art without a subject,” said Ortega — and with him here I do not demur. Subject-matter isn’t the only component of art — nor is it the most complicated — but it is the most fundamental. It is the component toward which all others are geared. Subject is what the [...]

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  • What Do I Write About?

    What Do I Write About?

    October 4th, 2011 | Plot, Poetry, Storytelling, Subject Matter, The Situation, Writers | journalpulp | No Comments

    Anton Chekhov answered that question this way: You could write a story about this ashtray, and a man and a woman. The man and the woman are always the two poles of your story. The North Pole and the South. Every story has these two poles — a he and she. The late Raymond Carver, [...]

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