Comments on: So Long, Thesis

By: Sam Edmonds

Sam Edmonds — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:04:27 +0000

I love it. Let me know if you need any help – I’ve always got plenty of important things to avoid doing.

By: Sam Edmonds

Sam Edmonds — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:56:11 +0000

Haha – perhaps. My Neil Young/pink eye “story” was rejected today for reasons I cannot fathom. (He liked the alliteration, but it was too gross, apparently. Pink eye ain’t pretty. Nor is Neil Young, though. I suppose that makes sense.)

By: Sam Edmonds

Sam Edmonds — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:51:20 +0000

Boy, would Rachel and/or Natalie hate me.

By: MelinaCR

MelinaCR — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:31 +0000

P.S. I have more awesome referrals where that came from. I may have to make a zine about it: Constructive and Adventuresome Ways to Not Do What You’re Supposed to be Doing.

By: MelinaCR

MelinaCR — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:06 +0000

I think Sam’s well on his way toward that…

By: Shira Richman

Shira Richman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:46:33 +0000

Perhaps the string of matchbox stories can become your thesis.

By: Shira Richman

Shira Richman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:45:49 +0000

This is such a cool idea. It’s modern day folk art–where something surprising and creative is made from an everyday object.

By: Sam Ligon

Sam Ligon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:52:47 +0000

I think this kind of formal constraint is always interesting. A drastic word restriction like this puts all kinds of pressure on the lines, forcing a different kind of consideration of line itself, which is something prose writers might not do that often. And I think surprises happen as a result. So while the piece itself might ultimately not be that great, the surprises might be useful.