about Mary: attempt at analysis
Oct. 15th, 2018 03:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
howsmyenglishThe story about Mary was meant as an example of what I was talking about, when I answered eller 's question about writing _about_ something. (see question number 4)
As I said, "about Mary" is an almost-translation of something I wrote some years ago. I think now that its problem (and the problem of many other pieces I wrote) is the absence of an "about", the absence of a plot.
I like Mary herself, I do think her character is quite developed (at least in my head). It's hard for me to say whether the language is nice (I hope it is), but there is no real story and this is, probably, what makes it less interesting for readers.
So... a plot, right? What is a plot? According to Google: the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Events. Not many of those in the story about Mary.
But more importantly:
Exposition - rising action - Climax - falling action - Denouement
So simple! In school, I somehow was against all literary analysis; for me, a work of literature was so much more than what could be seen/shown by an analysis... I thought, analysis somehow diminished the good qualities of a work of literature... As a result, I ended up without necessary knowledge. That is, without a knowledge that I need to possess in order to do what I want to do. Well, all right. If I can anything, I can learn.
I'll try to think of a plot. Wish me luck!
eller 's question about writing _about_ something. (see question number 4)As I said, "about Mary" is an almost-translation of something I wrote some years ago. I think now that its problem (and the problem of many other pieces I wrote) is the absence of an "about", the absence of a plot.
I like Mary herself, I do think her character is quite developed (at least in my head). It's hard for me to say whether the language is nice (I hope it is), but there is no real story and this is, probably, what makes it less interesting for readers.
So... a plot, right? What is a plot? According to Google: the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Events. Not many of those in the story about Mary.
But more importantly:
Exposition - rising action - Climax - falling action - Denouement
So simple! In school, I somehow was against all literary analysis; for me, a work of literature was so much more than what could be seen/shown by an analysis... I thought, analysis somehow diminished the good qualities of a work of literature... As a result, I ended up without necessary knowledge. That is, without a knowledge that I need to possess in order to do what I want to do. Well, all right. If I can anything, I can learn.
I'll try to think of a plot. Wish me luck!
