“The biggest experiment there - and I was convinced for a really long time that it was going to fail horribly - had to do with this weird thing I do every now and then. Like everyone else, as a reader there are certain things that really rub me the wrong way in fiction - pet bugbears, let's call them.” WayLongCertainFictionFailingReaderLong TimeConvincedExperimentsPetNow And ThenWrong WayWeird ThingsReally Long Author:Roy Kesey
“When you spend so much time trying to father well, and failing, and trying again, and hopefully failing better, it's going to seep into your work. And when you give yourself permission to explore the grottiest bits of your psyche (like Louis CK) (who totally stole that move from me) (not really), to exaggerate the edge of the rustiest blades of your IRL mind, you'll occasionally come up with something that holds real power.” GivingTryingMindWellsRealMovingFatherBitsFailingEdgesCome UpHopefullyPermissionBladesReal Power Author:Roy Kesey