Redesigninginspiration and resources for the restless artist working in any mediumWhoa! factor- June 30, 2005 How should a short story or essay affect you What's the impact you should aim for, if you're not simply writing jokes with a punchline I'm revising some short essays into radio scripts and trying to remind myself.In a 12103 New Yorker article, Louis Menand wrote that readers want an outcome that is both expected and startling. A general sense of Whoa! What James Joyce calls an epiphany. What James Joyce meant..., he said, was just "a revelation of the whatness of a thing" -- a sudden...http://blogs.salon.com/0003780/2005/06/30.html#a110 |