Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through she is in competition with another Chinese-American woman writer of the same generation. A writer friend of mine calls it the "There Can Only Be One ..." syndrome. This isn't "Survivor." The more good writers, of all walks of life and all ethnicities and persuasions, the better.
I think when we engage in language we are engaging in something that is specifically and primally human. - Zz Packer
I think when we engage in language we are engaging in something that is specifically and primally human.
- Zz Packer
The big issue was cutting. I finally cut as much as I could, about a fourth of the story, and actually liked it. - Zz Packer
The big issue was cutting. I finally cut as much as I could, about a fourth of the story, and actually liked it.
Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through she is in competition… - Zz Packer
Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through she is in competition…
Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that the difficulty of the form is tha… - Zz Packer
Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that the difficulty of the form is tha…
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