tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post7109960427253649818..comments2024-03-09T00:19:36.011-08:00Comments on Reading the Short Story: Amy Hempel and Alistair MacLeod win the Penn Malamud Award for their Short FictionCharles E. Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642048806407593585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-34403000593036819032012-09-02T07:18:08.294-07:002012-09-02T07:18:08.294-07:00I betcha many writers looking over their work in t...I betcha many writers looking over their work in the past have more regrets for things they did say than for things they left out. Thanks for taking the time to comment, A. J.Charles E. Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11642048806407593585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-21600719913155790752012-09-02T03:18:06.214-07:002012-09-02T03:18:06.214-07:00I'm very much enjoying looking back through yo...I'm very much enjoying looking back through your blog and just came across this post (I love Amy Hempel's 'In the cemetery...' story). With regard to Chekhov's quote on not saying too much, I just wondered whether he meant that if you say too much in a story, you can never un-say it - it will always be there, like an eyesore on an otherwise attractive landscape. Whereas if you don't say enough, then at least your readers can use their imaginations to add in what's missing. (Not exactly an earth shattering observation, but just what occurred to me as I read.)A. J. Ashworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171588178487319410noreply@blogger.com