i like watching “making-of” or “behind-the-scenes” featurettes and documentaries about the behind the scenes machinations of movie making, but in terms of literature, I’m not sure what to look for if i want to learn about the process Martha wells went through to conceive the murderbot diaries, for example.

i can search for making-of The Matrix and find documentaries, but not making-of project hail Mary and find similar literary results.

is there a section of literature like this?

should i be reading annotated editions?

thanks

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    If you want something more esoteric, there’s metafiction (see William H. Gass’ “Philosophy and the Form of Fiction“ for the originations of the term) and authors like Borges (“Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote”) and Nabokov (Pale Fire)