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“There's always moral instruction whether the writer inserts it deliberately or not. The least effective moral instruction in fiction is that which is consciously inserted. Partly because it won't reflect the storyteller's true beliefs, it will only reflect what he BELIEVES he believes, or what he thinks he should believe or what he's been persuaded of. But when you write without deliberately expressing moral teachings, the morals that show up are the ones you actually live by. The beliefs that you don't even think to question, that you don't even notice-- those will show up. And that tells much more truth about what you believe than your deliberate moral machinations.”
Orson Scott Card
“F. Scott Fitzgerald believed inserting exclamation points was the literary equivalent of an author laughing at his own jokes, but that's not the case in the modern age; now, the exclamation point signifies creative confusion. All it illustrates is that even the writer can't tell if what they're creating is supposed to be meaningful, frivolous, or cruel. It's an attempt to insert humor where none exists, on the off chance that a potential reader will only be pleased if they suspect they're being entertained. Of course, the reader isn't really sure, either. They just want to know when they're supposed to pretend to be amused.”
Chuck Klosterman, Eating the Dinosaur“If you've spent any time trolling the blogosphere, you've probably noticed a peculiar literary trend: the pervasive habit of writers inexplicably placing exclamation points at the end of otherwise unremarkable sentences. Sort of like this! This is done to suggest an ironic detachment from the writing of an expository sentence! It's supposed to signify that the writer is self-aware! And this is idiotic. It's the saddest kind of failure. F. Scott Fitzgerald believed inserting exclamation points was the literary equivalent of an author laughing at his own jokes, but that's not the case in the modern age; now, the exclamation point signifies creative confusion. All it illustrates is that even the writer can't tell if what they're creating is supposed to be meaningful, frivolous, or cruel. It's an attempt to insert humor where none exists, on the off chance that a potential reader will only be pleased if they suspect they're being entertained. Of course, the reader isn't really sure, either. They just want to know when they're supposed to pretend to be amused. All those extraneous exclamation points are like little splatters of canned laughter: They represent the "form of funny," which is more easily understood (and more easily constructed) than authentic funniness. ”
Chuck Klosterman, Eating the Dinosaur“Every novel is an ideal plane inserted into the realm of reality.”
Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings“She's alone, Inserted so deep in her blankets; I'm going to need a map to find her.”
Tanya Watt, Saving Sara“Advocating well with a personal story is not a call to simply “Insert Story Here.”
John Capecci and Timothy Cage, Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference“I think all people want freedom, but they've got this idea inserted into their head about money.”
Andy Couturier, A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance“I resented you for inserting yourself so fully into my life, and then one day I realized I couldn't imagine my life without you...”
Maya Banks, Sweet Temptation“Sometimes to walk in shaded parts of Manhattan is to be inserted into a Magritte: the street is night while the sky is day.”
Joseph O'Neill, Netherland“Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions. ”
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