Begin at the middle. That’s how Homeric epics work. There’s no throat clearing, no preamble, no prologue. The poet invokes the muses, and then, BAM, there you are: in medias res, in the middle of things, BYO backstory. Read full article >>
Jessica Goldstein, Washington Post
Fri, 12/28/2012 - 9:08am
Begin at the middle. That’s how Homeric epics work. There’s no throat clearing, no preamble, no prologue. The poet invokes the muses, and then, BAM, there you are: in medias res, in the middle of things, BYO backstory. Read full article >>