Wow. It was already wild and brilliant, and now we have ascended another level into meta fiction.
Some stunning sentences in here, and the layering and blending of the reality of the original piece's comments about a piece of fiction is very clever. Very very clever.
Thank you so much, Nathan! Your comments and approval mean a lot to me. I’m so glad you enjoyed this “experiment” and fully grasped its nuances. I think I’ll try to explore this direction further, where the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred. :)
Hilarious! I've been chortling away here. Thanks for running with my response in such a fun and ingenious way. Loved the writing, as always: long sentences, a couple of excellent words. I used to live in Hammersmith, many eons ago! Chortle.
Terry! It was fun to write a sequel to your sequel -- if that makes sense. And speaking of excellent words, chortle just made my day. Or night. Thank you so much! I think there’s more to come.
Méta selon méta ! Bravo Silvio, I chuckled and thought about the probability split among autofictional, autobiographical, and fictional parts of the story, and haven't decided on the precise amount yet hahaha. This is the best kind of stories and I certainly want to see more of it. (Bolaño shall guest star too, I reckon?) ;)
Wow. It was already wild and brilliant, and now we have ascended another level into meta fiction.
Some stunning sentences in here, and the layering and blending of the reality of the original piece's comments about a piece of fiction is very clever. Very very clever.
Thank you so much, Nathan! Your comments and approval mean a lot to me. I’m so glad you enjoyed this “experiment” and fully grasped its nuances. I think I’ll try to explore this direction further, where the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred. :)
Hilarious! I've been chortling away here. Thanks for running with my response in such a fun and ingenious way. Loved the writing, as always: long sentences, a couple of excellent words. I used to live in Hammersmith, many eons ago! Chortle.
Terry! It was fun to write a sequel to your sequel -- if that makes sense. And speaking of excellent words, chortle just made my day. Or night. Thank you so much! I think there’s more to come.
Lol. Excellent! Where are you then?
Good question. Who knows? (I'm not acting mysterious here; I really have no clue yet)
Méta selon méta ! Bravo Silvio, I chuckled and thought about the probability split among autofictional, autobiographical, and fictional parts of the story, and haven't decided on the precise amount yet hahaha. This is the best kind of stories and I certainly want to see more of it. (Bolaño shall guest star too, I reckon?) ;)
Thank you so much, Helen! I’d love to hear your take as to that probability split. And yes: Bolaño is pretty much everywhere in my writing (and life).
This is all sounding suspiciously biographical Silvio.
I assure you it’s 99.999% fiction. Or maybe 99.998% :)
not quelling my doubts here