Comments on: Guest Blogger: Joshua Henkin – Part 2

By: Baby Got Books » Guest Blogger: Joshua Henkin

Baby Got Books » Guest Blogger: Joshua Henkin — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:12:41 +0000

[...] Joshua Henkin Guest Blog: Day 2 [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:02:08 +0000

A short story about a female trapeze artist told in the second person may have soured me on that narrative voice for ever, “as you grab the bar, your breasts heave…” – um, no they don’t.

The Sock Man Story in the AJC was pretty good though.

By: Herman Glimscher

Herman Glimscher — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:52:43 +0000

You stay away from second person narration.

(Just a joke. In general, I agree wholeheartedly.)

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:43:39 +0000

And, for the love of God, stay away from second person narration!

By: Herman Glimscher

Herman Glimscher — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:06:00 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. The main problem with coming up with rules for works of art is that each work of art is a whole different set of problems. And, do we really want The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told by an omniscient narrator? If we do, we lose the power of “All right, then, I’ll go to hell.”