Carolina QuotesFiction is something that I've always wanted to write. I think that I give myself a break when I write fiction. And that's not to take anything away from people that write fiction, because I know that it's just as taxing, and there's so much involved with that. But for me, I write poems because I have to, and I write stories because I want to. When I'm writing stories, I tend to write stories when, like right now, I'm writing a lot of stories because I'm trying to get away from this collection of poems. It's just killing me. But, that's kind of what it is for me.
Jon Pineda Carolinian
Source
On fiction versus poetry writing in “AN INTERVIEW WITH JON PINEDA” in Blackbird (2004 Jun 17)
- form
- interview
- year
- 2004
Cite this record
“Fiction is something that I've always wanted to write. I thi…” Jon Pineda. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-45B4ACC51C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/45b4acc51c
More from Jon Pineda
Once I wrote poems, I found that I was able to piece together individual moments that would, I’d hoped, sometimes compound. The line was the most important thing to me—that and the music it produced.
I think it’s relative to the story you’re writing. Some novels are filled with summary and some are filled with scenes. Others are a beautiful, confusing mix, of course. Ultimately, I wanted to write a novel that I’d want to read later.
The setting, with all of its contradictions, is crucial. The land provides a deceptive promise of freedom, yet also presents itself as a burden. I’m drawn to these contradictions. They feed the emotional intensity of the novel…