We Talk About Love By George Saunders And Lance Olsen

In order to become the writer I aspired to be post-undergrad, I knew I needed to change some of my static habits. One of these conventions was consuming the same type of literature year after year and not allowing myself enough time to write. So I began taking recommendations from peers I respected and read works from writers I had met. Raymond Carver, Junot Dà ­az, Colum McCann, Anne Lamott, Sherman Alexi, Dorothea Brande, George Saunders and Lance Olsen are a handful of the writers I discovered. All have affected my own writing, but after reading many works from Carver, McCann and Dà ­az, I mostly saw the valued change they provided for my craft. After reading Carver s collection of short stories, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, I was very intrigued. Mostly because the uniqueness of Carver s writing was so immediate. It is simplified, but the ideas and meanings are complex. I became influenced by these implied messages and his work drove me to question literature an d what it’s meant to do. Stories have themes and certain arguments, but who says they need to make sense all of the time? Who says simplicity can’t breed complexity? Meanwhile, writers like McCann and Dà ­az oppose Carver and have also influenced my writing with their persistent styles and themes. Unlike Carver s short and simple sentence structure, their works feature long, beautiful prose that describes people, feelings, places and things in new ways. AlthoughShow MoreRelatedMarketing Management130471 Words   |  522 Pagesits most visible functional areas, such as advertising and product development. There probably is no one best way to define marketing, though whatever definition is used should have an orientation that focuses on satisfying customers. Therefore, we will define marketing as follows: Marketing consists of the strategies and tactics used to identify, create and maintain satisfying relationships with customers that result in value for both the customer and the marketer. Let s examine this definition