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Show JntlMBeestey Hoffmann ¦ ¦'¦ Loaf With Me On The Grass TallNKBeesley (William A, Hoftmannl Department of English My project began as an exploration ofthe flexibilities and hmrtaihorrs oh he fourth genre, or. the genre of non-fiction creative wn mg I decided 1o write ar>d then com pile stories oF my college "sea is. Including stories I had heard from my peers as well as more personal experiences In ?achsioiy I attempted 1o play with perspeci we, writing In the firsi. second, and thud person I a fco experimented with chrorwkxjy and various prose forms. In beginning to review as a collection each of my non-fictlonsioies. I round links between the stones and themes common to many of them. Thus, the compilation became a novella with chapters and mierludes rather than a grouping of unrelated narrates. The novella follows a loose chronology; 1 he siores mierrupted by Interludes which highlight a lheme or Introduce an Idea. Oneofthethemesexploredinacoupleohhesioiesismyconiinuirgrealizatkinthdt my peeis and I often find n easier to communicate vilih others through technology rather than In person. Related to thai zoncept is the deal hat stories are tokJ In many ways and 1h rough various mediums tetteis-lourrttls, emails, nstant messaging, phone calls, and In person fo jnd trfcat tfie most dlffeurt aspect Dfvnttig creative non-fid en rs defining cne^ own ethical standards. Where does 1 ru1 h erd and nctlon beg iny Wy novel bis an accurate representation of my nuih. though I neuei gnored my creative Ikense Just as a sc leenplay of a Large novel must stieamllnens plot, so I found I could only present simplified ar>d Incomplete snapshots of my I rfe Though n wisnot my goal this narrairve has become a coming of age story ran her than|ust an experiment In genre. |
