I'm a bit late to the party on this post, but I love that quote from Flannery O'Connor, especially when she says she had no idea going in that the bible salesman in Good Country People would steal the leg. I was just reading that story in a GrubStreet class two weeks ago. The admission, like her sudden decision, feels mind-blowing yet inevitable.
There is something magical about it, isn't there? We won't all write stories that will still be widely taught and talked about in seventy years time, but those little moments of awe, when things suddenly make sense, are for me probably the best thing about both reading and writing.
My next post I'm working on now is about Sally Rooney's Intermezzo, and the complex dynamics between the characters. Rooney's pretty good at making me angry with her people!
I'm a bit late to the party on this post, but I love that quote from Flannery O'Connor, especially when she says she had no idea going in that the bible salesman in Good Country People would steal the leg. I was just reading that story in a GrubStreet class two weeks ago. The admission, like her sudden decision, feels mind-blowing yet inevitable.
There is something magical about it, isn't there? We won't all write stories that will still be widely taught and talked about in seventy years time, but those little moments of awe, when things suddenly make sense, are for me probably the best thing about both reading and writing.
My next post I'm working on now is about Sally Rooney's Intermezzo, and the complex dynamics between the characters. Rooney's pretty good at making me angry with her people!