“Incident Report” is a multi-perspectival account of the same event. That is, multiple speakers give their story of ‘what happened.’ The differences in the accounts regard matters of ‘intent’ and details, as well as obvious voicings and voice shifts. The prose reflects the phonetic structure of the the speech employed by each respective speaker. However, only in one instance does the speaker’s phonetic structure deviate from the written, grammatical structure of the words on the page. I believe this is something consider upon revision. If one speaker’s voice is going to be represented phonetically, then they all should. If it is the case that the speakers’ whose voices match perfectly with written english, then wunderbar! But this is definitely something to consider.
The incident in question is the accidental (incidental?) death of Phillip during a violent collision in a football game. Each speaker has a different perspective on the incident, and that is where this piece really shines and has a lot of potential. The reports, I assume, are conducted through interviews. It would be vastly beneficial to seek out texts that make use of this medium or form and see how it has already been done. See what you like and what you don’t. See what stands out. Look at “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.” In this series of interviews, many different voices are used and played with. Play with your voices. See what these people are like, how they carry themselves. And let loose. Get as many perspectives as possible. Don’t even use them all. Just keep developing more. This could be a form of cubist literature. I’m not sure. is it?
No comments:
Post a Comment