Less was Less, So Aim for More
I have a journal given to me by a student, and I've written in it every day since November 21, 2015. But I've actually been keeping a journal since 1985. Until the advent of the internet, I wrote long entries in my journal, writing experimentally. I imposed rules on my style, such as forbidding myself any use of the word "be" unless it were being used in an "-ing" form. That forced me to think harder in expressing myself. But my journal entries became perfunctory and have been for the past decade or longer. I will continue writing shorter entries, but I'll work harder at offering more substantive entries.
Labels: Literature
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 9:09 AM
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French author Georges Perec wrote La disparition, a novel written without the letter "E." Quite a feat. I also have to tip my hat to Gilbert Adair, who translated the book into English and still managed to avoid the "E." His English title for the novel was A Void.
Blessed are those who write with self-imposed constraints, for theirs is the kingdom of G-d.
The easiest way to avoid "e" is to use an asterisk.
Jeffery Hodges
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But what fun is it to avoid that fifth glyph by switching it out with a star? La vida would turn dull and arid.
Yes, it would be terribly dull, but a slacker like me must make a few sacrifices.
Jeffery Hodges
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