tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37083420.post8720158454938638411..comments2024-01-27T16:10:28.502-08:00Comments on Tara Maya's Tales: What is Story Space?Tara Mayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09095632631554776002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37083420.post-53884719902414480012012-03-02T14:06:41.350-08:002012-03-02T14:06:41.350-08:00Trimming the fat is a worthy goal, but after you t...Trimming the fat is a worthy goal, but after you trim, what remains is the story space. You can't cut that because by definition, it's what needs to be there. The fat is exactly what is outside the story space, and that's what makes it unneccesary, why it must be trimmed, why we call it "fat" rather than the "meat" of the story.Tara Mayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095632631554776002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37083420.post-27816625754507856972012-03-02T13:14:55.875-08:002012-03-02T13:14:55.875-08:00I'm a bit weird in that I like to sit around a...I'm a bit weird in that I like to sit around and count how many words I've managed to cut out of my longer pieces. I'm obssessed with cutting words because I like to have the most streamlined and sharp prose. (Whether it actually is streamlined and sharp is another matter but I like to think it is.)<br /><br />Rather than story space, I think of story fat and work to cut it out.<br /><br />JaiJai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.com