This post is a lie (Just kidding)

I really enjoy the concept on contradiction in writing. After all, to be a good fiction writer, you need to be a good liar (or at least, you SHOULD be a good liar). But, all this talk about the personal essay and nonfiction and doing a dialogue...

Shit. Half the class is in the nonfiction class with me!

But I feel that contradiction goes beyond just that of the personal essay. Sure, the concept of the contrary IS important, and vital, and what i'm actually working on tonight, but I feel that there's also a connection with the collage. After all, creating something that is "ours" as a collage of other writer's work, well that in itself is a contradiction, isn't it?

I'm just trying to think it out in my head. I take a line from Melville, a picture from a comic book, and add it in with some text of my own, and suddenly I have a piece of collage fiction. At the author page, it will say: Drew Mears. There may be some regards to those I took pieces of, but all in all, i'm going around saying that it's my piece.

Maybe i'm just blowing smoke. But I feel that being aware of the contradictory nature of our work is helpful in a way. It keeps me grounded at least.