“In my own life as a reader I experience real moments of alienation when a writer feels too perfect, or like even the flaws they are admitting are somehow noble, or dysfunctional in an overly edgy, aesthetically pleasing way.” WayFeelsRealMomentsMy OwnPerfectReaderNobleFlawsAlienationMy Own LifeAdmittingEdgy Author:Leslie Jamison
“I think of empathy as a set of cumulative effects, ideally - that it can be a force shaping your habits, shaping where you put your attention and then - if you're hard on yourself, in good ways - pushing you to translate that attention into action, on whatever scale.” IfsThinkingWayHardActionForceAttentionEffectsHabitEmpathyScalesPushingTranslateGood WayCumulative Author:Leslie Jamison
“After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story or a novel, I find that when it's still fresh in my mind I'm either thoroughly sick of its flaws or completely blind to them. Either way, I'm unable to make substantive edits of any value.” IfsWayMindStillsMatterStoriesValuesNovelSickBlindFlawsRoughFinishingEdits Author:Leslie Jamison
“I've been lucky enough to work with extraordinary teachers along the way, and I'm excited to share what I've learned with graduate students at SNHU. I'm just as excited for what I'll learn from them.” WayEnoughTeacherShareStudentsLuckyExtraordinaryExcitedI've LearnedGraduatesGraduate Students Author:Leslie Jamison
“Whenever I've been stuck on a project, it's always brought me solace to the return to books that moved me in the past. It's a nice way to get outside my own head; and it brings me back to one of the most important reasons I write at all: to bring some pleasure to readers, to make them think or feel.” ThinkingWayFeelsWritingImportantBookReasonPastMy OwnPleasureNiceReturnReaderProjectsMovedStuckSolace Author:Leslie Jamison
