"Someone who is successful in non-fiction writing must be willing to tell less." I want to know more about this sentence. What are you saying here? Writing less about what? Loved your take on this book. Yes, it is about three different writers. Yes, Granville-Smith is villainized and Calhoun does make herself seem above it all. But as readers, I suspect we both saw through it and that's why we both commented on it. If you haven't read, "What is The Grass" yet, please do so. Incredible!
As I often tell the artist whom I write about, just as I would if I were in their studio asking them about their work, I have to know more than the average person. I have to know exactly what they know, with nothing held back for the sake of propriety. This is so that I can make a fuller judgement of what's essentail in the telling. Not to overshare. But to be be subtle, to be generous without being gratuitous for its own sake.
"Someone who is successful in non-fiction writing must be willing to tell less." I want to know more about this sentence. What are you saying here? Writing less about what? Loved your take on this book. Yes, it is about three different writers. Yes, Granville-Smith is villainized and Calhoun does make herself seem above it all. But as readers, I suspect we both saw through it and that's why we both commented on it. If you haven't read, "What is The Grass" yet, please do so. Incredible!
As I often tell the artist whom I write about, just as I would if I were in their studio asking them about their work, I have to know more than the average person. I have to know exactly what they know, with nothing held back for the sake of propriety. This is so that I can make a fuller judgement of what's essentail in the telling. Not to overshare. But to be be subtle, to be generous without being gratuitous for its own sake.