Fiction Black Box

I will be discussing the book Fiction Black Box by Jennifer Egan. This book is about hypothetical’s, using animalistic style of writing and what the character WOULD say/do instead of what you think the character says/does.  For example, the runner says to another runner that it is hot. Instead of this I would write that the runner wiped the sweat off of his forehead inferring that it is hot. In the book it made me think about envisioning various scenarios ie outside of my body. This made me think about the different perspectives in my work. I should write more in the first person perspective to make my writing more specific instead of the third person narrator.

Writing minimally is something that does not come naturally to me. In classes,.nstead of writing one good page of work, I am encouraged to write fluff for multiple pages. I am used to writing in this perspective. This story made me think about the quality vs the quantity of my writings. One page of reflections is worth more than three pages of fluff.