https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/ Writing Excuses Transcripts - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:05:00 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios wetranscripts community https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/53643.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:05:00 GMT https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/53643.html Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses 6.28: Interstitial Art<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/12/11/writing-excuses-6-28-interstitial-art/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/12/11/writing-excuses-6-28-interstitial-art/</a><br /><br />Key Points: Interstitial art falls in the interstices between recognized genres. Beware beta readers and others pushing you towards the genre of their choice. Write what is important to you. Dialogue with your readers can help separate "this isn't what I expected" from "I don't understand." Don't put yourself in a box unless you want to. Consider a local salon.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/53643.html#cutid1">between the cracks of the keyboard...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />[Mary] I thought you were going to do that. Oh! So, for your writing prompt today, try to write something that doesn't fit neatly into the boxes. Maybe pick a genre and look at it and go, "Okay. Well, these are the tropes," and defy them.<br />[Dan] All right. Well, excellent. This has been Writing Excuses. You are out of excuses. Now go write.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=53643" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/53643.html interstitial expectations dialogue beta readers salon boxes genre genre rules interstices shiver public ext_88293 0