Jim Steffen
@jimbo
Jim Steffen
Smokey the Bear
“Remember, too, that knowledge of the languages of strange talking animals is a plus when going on a real adventure. So study up.”
Jeff Vandermeer • Wonderbook
In Ursula K. Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction (1986), Le Guin posits the first human tool as the basket, not the spear, thereby recasting the first protagonist as a gatherer, not a hunter. Not only did this address the deeply gendered roles of these two parts, it also changed the singular hero to the plural collective, from he to we. “Before... See more
Mindy Seu • On Gathering
“A novel allows for digressions that may seem like tangents but support theme or characterization in interesting ways.”
Jeff Vandermeer • Wonderbook