Power in Strangeness | Hyphen Magazine
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- KMC: There were so many things. I was like, I’m going to write realism because that’s what you have to do. This idea that in order to write magical realism or more fantastical things, you have to first master realism, whatever that means. And also, people always say: ground the reader, ground the reader, ground the reader. I was like, But I kind of want to do the opposite. I kind of want to really disorient the reader. I find life very disorienting. I was like, Let’s have that. Finding power in strangeness — that’s something that you can do in fantasy, in a lot of very non-realistic things. The thing that should make you feel really ashamed or want to hide is actually the thing that gives you the most pleasure. At heart, I’m just like, Superpowers for you all. I just want to give everyone a superpower and have them create their own cosmos.
title: Power in Strangeness | Hyphen Magazine
author: hyphenmagazine.com
url: https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2020/11/power-strangeness
date: 2022-02-15
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tags: media/articles
Power in Strangeness | Hyphen Magazine
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Highlights
- KMC: There were so many things. I was like, I’m going to write realism because that’s what you have to do. This idea that in order to write magical realism or more fantastical things, you have to first master realism, whatever that means. And also, people always say: ground the reader, ground the reader, ground the reader. I was like, But I kind of want to do the opposite. I kind of want to really disorient the reader. I find life very disorienting. I was like, Let’s have that. Finding power in strangeness — that’s something that you can do in fantasy, in a lot of very non-realistic things. The thing that should make you feel really ashamed or want to hide is actually the thing that gives you the most pleasure. At heart, I’m just like, Superpowers for you all. I just want to give everyone a superpower and have them create their own cosmos.
title: “Power in Strangeness | Hyphen Magazine”
author: “hyphenmagazine.com”
url: ”https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2020/11/power-strangeness”
date: 2023-12-19
source: web_clipper
tags: media/articles
Power in Strangeness | Hyphen Magazine
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Highlights
- KMC: There were so many things. I was like, I’m going to write realism because that’s what you have to do. This idea that in order to write magical realism or more fantastical things, you have to first master realism, whatever that means. And also, people always say: ground the reader, ground the reader, ground the reader. I was like, But I kind of want to do the opposite. I kind of want to really disorient the reader. I find life very disorienting. I was like, Let’s have that. Finding power in strangeness — that’s something that you can do in fantasy, in a lot of very non-realistic things. The thing that should make you feel really ashamed or want to hide is actually the thing that gives you the most pleasure. At heart, I’m just like, Superpowers for you all. I just want to give everyone a superpower and have them create their own cosmos.