Erik L. Kimsey

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About Me

I'm a 24 yr-old student of world lit and philosophy. I'm an artistic factotum, more-or-less, but the manipulation of language is where I feel that I excel. At the time, I'm writing short stories and in doing so am maturing as a writer (and, too, as a person). My literary focus is allegorical fiction. As I wrote for my MySpace page: 'I'm a writer of a progressive, dark (a spring dusk kind of dark, not gothic), surreal, and allegorical sense of fiction; I try to write of which modern thought, or dilemma, some reverberate, solo violin or cello would be soundtrack to.' :P

Please read what I have to offer, and give me your most honest criticisms.

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Carol Maric

Posted 18 Years Ago

J. Alfred Prufrock

Posted 18 Years Ago

something else you said stuck out in my mind and i am not going to be able continue with my writing until i share a memory alone those same lines. i was an art student at one time, and on a picture i was drawing i took my finger and blurred the lines here and there around the trees i had drawn. when my intructor asked me why had done that. i told him to make it look foggy and misty around the forest. he looked at me and said: "no--'draw' the fog, don't smear the trees. that turned out to be good advice. so mine to you would be to describe his mental illness in good, flowing, prose--there are literary devise that can accomplish some of the things you are trying to do. don't purposefully write awkwardly to try and show he is crazy. you'll have a much better feeling of accomplishment if you do it in a viable literary context. good luck with it, and cheers

J. Alfred Prufrock

Posted 18 Years Ago

the ending reminded me of "occurence at owl creek brindge." have you read it? if you have, it might be a good idea to reread it and remind yourself of some of the devices that were used. i think the whole awkward schits thing might add some believablitiy to some of his responses, but you need to deveope it so that the reader understands more cleary that this guy is crazy; and if he is crazy think about revising your ending to reflect that and give the reader a sense of the aftermath of the exerience rather than simply dismising it as a good night. good luck with it. i want to see the finsihed product. feel free to return the favor. i have parts of novel up. check out the "the prelude" to the novel is you have time. cheers