[bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel is finished!!!!
- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:49:10 -0400
The non-fiction novel was sort of invented by Jack Kerouac in "On the Road"
where he mingled factual experiences that he and his gang had enjoyed while
mixing in purely fictional events, characters and scenes that never really
happened. This sort of blend, in a post-modernist way, allowed truth to
emerge from beyond the facts. For reasons that are well documented,
Kerouac's career as a writer was cut short and he published very little of
merit after his single masterpiece.
Hunter Thompson, back in the fifties, started experimenting with the form
and is thought of as the father of the movement. With his "Hell's Angels"
he inserted himself into what had been intended to be a journalistic work,
breaking the rules of journalism by removing objectivity altogether. His
"Fear and loathing in Las Vegas took the form even further and put truth
well ahead of facts or reality.
Authors who soon followed and were highly informed by Thompson include Joan
Didion, Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood" being an excellent example of the
form), Norman Mailer who changed a lot in the sixties, Tom Wolfe, Dom
DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon and lots of others.
It's an interesting but dangerous form as one needs to be very careful with
the balance of factual and fantasy and the writer needs to understand the
limits of truth exposed outside of the facts.
It's also a fun form as you can add dialogue and drug induced perceptions as
if they were real but one needs to be careful that they remember that the
character(s) that are based on themselves are, in at least some part, not
really them or else an identity crisis will emerge.
There's a pretty good and fairly recent book called "The New Journalism:
Thompson, Capote, Didion and Wolfe" I can't recall the author's name but it
explains this movement very well.
cdh
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amy Goldring
Tajalli
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:43 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel is finished!!!!
Chris,
Other than being an oxymoron, what is a non-fiction novel??? Using such a
term to a writer named Hawthorne - Shame.
Amy
oms,
-------------- Original message from "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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Congratulations!! I have about a half dozen non-fiction novels in various
stages of incompletion and find it very difficult to focus and drive one
home.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nan Hawthorne
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:41 PM
To: 21 Acres Yahooghroup; bls-vol-discusws; Historical Novel Society;
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] My novel is finished!!!!
I will be uploading it to the publisher in the next few days.
Let's see.. it just took me 27 months...
I will keep you posted on when it is available. Probably late summer, will
be on Amazon.
An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England
By Nan Hawthorne
His father dead at a usurper's hands, the new young king must prove himself
in spite of his own self-doubt. Through years of setbacks and misfortunes,
he struggles on, while his queen, the love of his life, is relentlessly
pursued by a dark sensual mercenary.
http://crislicland.blogsspot.com
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Cordially,
Nan Hawthorne, co-owner
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