Meta-fiction doesn't depend on the illusion that you're reading about real people. Paul Park dependfictionillusion Change image and share on social
I think it's no coincidence that people who are good at writing far-out fiction are also good at meta-fiction. Think of all the best Phillip K. Dick stories, where you experience a sort of dislocation, and suddenly what you think you've been reading is, in fact, something else entirely. Paul Park coincidencedickdislocation share on social
Modernist fiction is tied to problems of writers. Self-glorifying. Existential struggle. This has not been a big part of genre writing. Paul Park bigexistentialfiction Change image and share on social
Sometimes, a writer 'character' is just a projection of a person who is writing the story, but not necessarily 'me.' Paul Park characternecessarilyperson Change image and share on social
