Join me as I chat with Amy Minton about the author-narrator-character relation, focal distance in framed narratives and multi-timeline stories, and how to ground your reader... and perhaps frustrate them, but in good measure. This is a spoiler-lite episode focused on the craft, and we'll mention plenty of examples.
Find Amy at: https://www.youtube.com/@Talking_Story
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BOOKS & SHORT STORIES MENTIONED:
- "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
- "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell
- "The Kingkiller Chronicles" by Patrick Rothfuss
- "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
- "Maus" by Art Spiegelman
- "City of Thieves" by David Benioff
- "Heat" by Joyce Carol Oates
- "Friend of my Youth" by Alice Munro
- "Dolores Claiborne" by Stephen King
- "The Garden of Forking Paths" by Jorge Luis Borges
- "The Book of the New Sun" by Gene Wolfe
- "The Dregs" by Thomas J. Devens
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