great expectations

i have a friend, logan antill who is himself an enchanting writer. i don't know him very well other than that. but when you like what someone does & admire them for it i'm not sure if you need to know much else. knowing more can sometimes muddle things.

but as i was saying, logan. i follow him on twitter and he recently brought this to my attention. i love rick moody's work & i look forward to reading the story. as the article says, short stories have a very considered & methodical style. it's short afterall; no need to write anything down that isn't necessary & best to make sure that every word is savory & integral. in this way, when reading a short story i find myself distracted almost by every idea an author chooses because almost always that care is extremely apparent & i wonder about the deliberation. inherently the shorter something is the more aware & sensitive you are to it, & to a point the more removed you are...watching it unfold, taking in every bit, checking to make sure you register it, logging it into your mind carfully. i'm excited to see what story rick has in store, but more interested to see what sort of relationship, response, etc is inspired from this delivery.

i'm surprised this hasn't happened before, formally i mean. i know i do this from time to time, as well as logan, as i'm sure many writers out there. it's a good exercise for vocabulary, style, & creativity. a friend once said: a text message you send to yourself you send to the world. so right, but also a reminder, a note but with the added benefits of some chance feedback.

twitter has also been good for creating fervor. afterall, all anyone ever wants is an eager audience and what better way to get that than a 'to be continued...'? even charles dickens in his time took advantage of the peridodical magazine to create an atmosphere of anticipation for great expectations (i can only dream that the pun is intended).

and with an ever growing need to consume information in small, gratifying, & electric doses it's only smart & self-preserving to hop on board the twitter-wagon.

xx