Re: fussing

Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Tue, 12 Aug 1997 17:09:22 -0500

> one of my favorites is how "Slight Rebellion off Madison" is written in
> 3rd person, when as we know, catcher came out in first person...

Yes!  I used this as an exercise in a writing class I taught.

It was wonderful to see the way people literally did double-takes as they
compared the unfamiliar story with the well-known version.  (The comparison
also shows how the work progressed from competent workmanship in the story
to significantly more in the novel.  That in itself was a blessing for a
class full of novice fiction writers, some of whom seemed to reallize, "If
he can do that, I can make my stories better with careful revision.")

--tim