ursula is the bomb; part 3245
Leland found this a while ago. It came to mind again when we were listening to the Sopranos finale post-game analysis on NPR a few minutes ago.
Note: We don’t have HBO, so we didn’t see it.
Readers—kids and adults—ask me about the message of one story or another. I want to say to them, “Your question isn’t in the right language.”
As a fiction writer, I don’t speak message. I speak story. Sure, my story means something, but if you want to know what it means, you have to ask the question in terms appropriate to storytelling. Terms such as message are appropriate to expository writing, didactic writing, and sermons—different languages from fiction.
