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werdfert's review
5.0
As a writer, I'm interested in experimentation and forging new ideas in literature. There are a few things I like to do in my stories specifically to deal with current trends or problems. TeBordo has already done them for me and better.
1. Imprecision of language
Language seems to be saturated with a more and more imprecise lexicon, a sort of dumbing down where words become devalued and meaningless. But it is possible through word choice and context to actually use imprecision as a means of expansion. So that a word that once meant little or nothing can mean anything.
"It was a passive loss, as opposed to an active one. He didn't drop something on the ground or leave it beneath a discarded newspaper in a restaurant or even never have something at all. Someone had taken something of his against his will. The man who was walking away." ("Took and Lost")
I like to use pronouns in preference to names because "he" or "she" could be anyone, could be you. And TeBordo goes even further, sometimes referring to a person as "it."
2. Fragmentation
I don't know TeBordo's motives, but I have been interested in using fragments and improper grammar for a couple of reasons.
a. With the prevalence of such tools as spell check and grammar check, using fragments can indicate intention. By creating new sentences, the writer refuses to lean on such props.
b. Another reason is the intentional breaking of a rule. Who says every sentence needs to sound exactly the same? Why should we obey Microsoft's conceptions of proper grammar? You know what? Screw Microsoft and MLA and rules.
c. "Correct English is not usually the strongest kind of English." -[b:The Instructions|8380409|The Instructions|Adam Levin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1287702723s/8380409.jpg|13237247]
"I asked him if he was behind the curtain. I asked him if he was decent. He didn't answer so I pulled the curtain open with my free hand and looked in. To check on the ice. And the boy because I was the leader of me and him." (The Champion of Forgetting")
3. Non Sequitur
There is only one reason to use a non sequitur: to introduce disorder and upset a reader's expectations. And to be funny.
"'I should be finding my way back to my apartment where my wife is awaiting me being patient,' I say. 'Besides, there's a doormat on the first floor embroidered with dolphins frolicking in a moonlit sea.'" ("Three Denials")
These are just some of the reasons Christian Tebordo is the author I will never be but aspire to become.
1. Imprecision of language
Language seems to be saturated with a more and more imprecise lexicon, a sort of dumbing down where words become devalued and meaningless. But it is possible through word choice and context to actually use imprecision as a means of expansion. So that a word that once meant little or nothing can mean anything.
"It was a passive loss, as opposed to an active one. He didn't drop something on the ground or leave it beneath a discarded newspaper in a restaurant or even never have something at all. Someone had taken something of his against his will. The man who was walking away." ("Took and Lost")
I like to use pronouns in preference to names because "he" or "she" could be anyone, could be you. And TeBordo goes even further, sometimes referring to a person as "it."
2. Fragmentation
I don't know TeBordo's motives, but I have been interested in using fragments and improper grammar for a couple of reasons.
a. With the prevalence of such tools as spell check and grammar check, using fragments can indicate intention. By creating new sentences, the writer refuses to lean on such props.
b. Another reason is the intentional breaking of a rule. Who says every sentence needs to sound exactly the same? Why should we obey Microsoft's conceptions of proper grammar? You know what? Screw Microsoft and MLA and rules.
c. "Correct English is not usually the strongest kind of English." -[b:The Instructions|8380409|The Instructions|Adam Levin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1287702723s/8380409.jpg|13237247]
"I asked him if he was behind the curtain. I asked him if he was decent. He didn't answer so I pulled the curtain open with my free hand and looked in. To check on the ice. And the boy because I was the leader of me and him." (The Champion of Forgetting")
3. Non Sequitur
There is only one reason to use a non sequitur: to introduce disorder and upset a reader's expectations. And to be funny.
"'I should be finding my way back to my apartment where my wife is awaiting me being patient,' I say. 'Besides, there's a doormat on the first floor embroidered with dolphins frolicking in a moonlit sea.'" ("Three Denials")
These are just some of the reasons Christian Tebordo is the author I will never be but aspire to become.
kedwards127's review
2.0
I really liked the writing style. Especially when he used the second person and when he had full paragraphs of "what if" questions. However I couldn't understand most of the stories and would get confused/bored halfway through each one. It started off strong but I was ultimately left unsatisfied.
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