Unlocking the Secrets of Masterful Storytelling: A Deep Dive into ‘The Lab’ by Davison and LaPlante
Nothing about writing is tidy. Not when you’re following deep lines of inquiry. Or your familial lines, for example. I am trying to understand not just the ‘who beget whom,’ genealogy, but the stories behind the tombstones. I yearn to follow my ancestors into trouble and joy, perch on the rail of their front porch, and peer into their living rooms. Am I writing historical fiction? Memoir? Poetry? That’s one of the ‘research questions’ The Lab asks.
“The goal isn’t to force you to adopt a genre you don’t feel comfortable with or suited to,” write Davison and LaPlante, in The Lab, “but to identify and learn techniques that writing in different genres frequently practice.” What connects obsession to writing isn’t genre, it’s loyalty to what is urgent.
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