Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Meta

Metafiction

I have never really been sure which category UL fits in if it were a book. I suppose it is YA literature but, it is also a little bit chicklit as well and I wanted it to be a bit thriller-ish.

One thing I have realized is UL is falls into metafiction as well. Mostly because of my changing POVs and the fact that I wrote RGGS. I will admit there are some continuity errors I am going to fix, these mostly come from chapter 1-2 as being written months before the whole thing. It is little things like in the original Sawyer has a degree in hospitality managment and originally Cain tries to get Juliana pregnant instead of Reiter.

Another tiny meta-aspect is that the frat Cortland belongs to name is from an English Honor Fraternity. I never got around to mentioning that.

Surrealism

There is a bit of non-sequiter in the last chapter and it has to do with Rhett and Juliana at the bakery. Juliana does a variation of the American sign language for 'fuck' and 'adultery' and Rhett understands what she is saying. I originally wanted her to do some other gestures instead but, I stuck with this. I made this like this on purpose to show how good their communication is that he can tell what she is saying by her face. In that scene Cortland acts as a foil to that.

Also, thank you all for not killing me for writing out Darling as dahlin'. I use a southern dialect site when I write Rhett's dialouge and I didn't think I'd get the same affect if I wrote it normally. I have often debated writing his 'can'as 'cain' too.

Okay, I'm doing only 1-2 Rambling topics a post !

Chapter 3

I'm putting the playlist in the sidebar so, I don't have to keep posting it.

-1- Sunshine by Lupe Fiasco

-2- Yellow by Coldplay ( I like the Vitamin String version but, can't find it !)

-3- My Skin by Natalie Merchant