Question

[mrissa]

For non-writers: if someone magically forced you to write something, what would it be and why? Length/category/genre/audience/etc.

For writers: if you could only work in one length/category/genre/etc. ever again, which would it be and why?

Does anybody feel that they aren't covered in either of those two categories, writers and non-writers? If so, can you explain why?

Myself, I think if I had to stick with one thing, it'd probably be YA fantasy novels. I'm glad I don't have to, but if I did....

I'd like to think that whatever I'm working on now will be the best thing I've written to date. But sometimes it's hard to compare adult SF short stories to YA children's novels to adult fantasy trilogies in that regard. Besides, I'm opposed to total orderings in general. We all know that by now, right? Mrissas Don't Like Total Orderings. Rule of life.

Comments

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

Formal poetry, prolly. If I needed to draw the noose in tighter, sonnets. (Proper ones, not the anything-layered-is-a-lasagna kind.) I fancy there'd be enough in the way of thematic and structural possibilities to keep me interested to the end of my days, especially if I decided to try stringing a bunch together into a novel epic.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I have a recipe for polenta "lasagna." I am skeptical -- of the term, not the taste.

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

We have a phrase in our house: "clam chowder lasagna." That means your experiment is headed into dangerous territory. It applies to many things beyond cooking.

I feel snobbish in pointing out that the disaster of clam chowder lasagna was not something I originated, and yet, here I am, pointing it out. :)

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

!?

What's in it, besides the polenta?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Portobellos, cheese, tomato sauce....

Haven't tried it yet, though.