Monday, November 30, 2020

eyes, nose, and mouth

 "I feel that discussing story-writing in terms of plot, character, and theme is like trying to describe the expression of a face by saying where the eyes, nose, and mouth are."

~~ from "Writing Short Stories" by Flannery O'Connor 

    *as quoted in "The Infallible Continuum" by James P. Blaylock, 

     Poets & Writers, Nov/Dec 2020

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