{"id":25141,"date":"2022-04-26T03:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=25141"},"modified":"2022-11-03T15:32:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T22:32:59","slug":"are-you-writing-transgressive-fiction-by-nevada-mcpherson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/26\/are-you-writing-transgressive-fiction-by-nevada-mcpherson\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Writing Transgressive Fiction? by Nevada McPherson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Are-You-Writing-Transgressive-Fiction-by-Nevada-McPherson.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25143 size-medium\" title=\"Are You Writing Transgressive Fiction? by Nevada McPherson\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Are-You-Writing-Transgressive-Fiction-by-Nevada-McPherson-300x300.png\" alt=\"Are You Writing Transgressive Fiction? by Nevada McPherson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Are-You-Writing-Transgressive-Fiction-by-Nevada-McPherson.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Are-You-Writing-Transgressive-Fiction-by-Nevada-McPherson-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Nevada+McPherson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nevada McPherson<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cAre You Writing Transgressive Fiction?\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>It seems that I\u2019ve finally found my niche.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it is a type of noir fiction, which I\u2019ve written about here before, what I mostly write is also known as transgressive fiction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you\u2019re writing what could be called transgressive fiction, and not even realize it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Not everyone is familiar with that term<\/strong>, while many are familiar with authors who write in that genre, style, or mood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d really call it a genre, because like noir, transgressive fiction tends to cut across genres. Yet there are certain characteristics of transgressive fiction that you may recognize.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to write transgressive fiction, you must lose sight of the shore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transgressive fiction usually features characters who feel constricted by the norms and rules of society and tend to lash out or deal with those strictures in ways that are unusual, illegal, and sometimes even downright bizarre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Stories and Transgressive Fiction\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My stories almost always feature quirky characters, so they\u2019re already in the category of unusual.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25142\" title=\"POSER BY NEVADA MCPHERSON\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover-188x300.png\" alt=\"POSER BY NEVADA MCPHERSON\" width=\"125\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover-642x1024.png 642w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover-768x1226.png 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover-963x1536.png 963w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover-1283x2048.png 1283w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover-640x1021.png 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/POSER_NEVADA-MCPHERSON_cover.png 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my new novel, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/mlLr8W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poser<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, first in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eucalyptus Lane<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> series of transgressive novels, people go against the grain of society in many ways, including pushing back against rules of their own subculture or milieu, and finding ways to survive or cope with difficulties that most would not consider options.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I\u2019m very happy to have found this niche where \u201cquirky,\u201d or \u201cweird,\u201d<\/strong> or even \u201chard to define or categorize,\u201d is not a liability, but simply an honest description of what I write and am passionate about, because I accept my characters for who they are, in all their glorious strangeness and eccentricity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some way, maybe if we can accept this in our characters, we can accept it in ourselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Not to say we should go out and do the things our characters do<\/strong>, but in acknowledging that which doesn\u2019t fit neatly in a box or under a label on a shelf &#8212; even if it\u2019s inconvenient, messy or ugly to look at &#8212; we might come to better understand a few things about people and the infinite variety of experience. And if not that, we might at least get a wild ride of a story!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The more I learn about transgressive fiction, the more I truly believe I have found my literary \u201chome.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transgressive Fiction Authors You Might Recognize\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my favorite authors, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Miller<\/a>,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is considered a transgressive author, along with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ana\u00efs_Nin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anais Nin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Joyce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Joyce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D._H._Lawrence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D.H. Lawrence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and others from the Modernist period, and most, if not all of, the Beat writers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Bukowski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles Bukowski<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuck_Palahniuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chuck Palahniuk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katherine_Dunn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katherine Dunn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0are some other names often mentioned as writers of transgressive fiction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>There are many more:<\/strong> maybe some simply considered writers of \u201cliterary fiction,\u201d but that\u2019s a very big umbrella, so if one were to get more specific, they\u2019re mainly writers of transgressive fiction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing I\u2019ve learned from writing my novel is to have the courage to let your characters be who they are, without worrying about what people might think, what might be appropriate, acceptable, or fashionable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>If you want to write transgressive fiction<\/strong>, you must lose sight of the shore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to read more articles like this one Writer\u2019s Fun Zone? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24993\" title=\"Nevada McPherson\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nevada McPherson\" width=\"84\" height=\"150\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-640x1138.jpg 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Nevada-McPherson-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 84px) 100vw, 84px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nevada McPherson<\/a> writes in the southern Gothic town of Milledgeville, Georgia: former home of Flannery O\u2019Connor and site of Central State Hospital, once the world\u2019s largest mental institution.<\/p>\n<p>She recently completed Poser, a novel (first in a series) set in the noir corners of Silicon Valley. A graduate of L.S.U.\u2019s MFA Screenwriting Program, Nevada has written several award-winning screenplays, as well as stage plays, non-fiction pieces, graphic novels,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1f5ZRpX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Uptowners <\/em><\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1GHy33f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Piano Lessons<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sPW8ZN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Queensgate<\/em><\/a>, the sequel to <em>Uptowners<\/em>, is her third graphic novel, and countless to-do lists. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.nevada-mcpherson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also by Nevada McPherson<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/22\/writing-the-noir-in-the-final-analysis-by-nevada-mcpherson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/22\/writing-the-noir-in-the-final-analysis-by-nevada-mcpherson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/24\/confusing-times-call-for-more-dedicated-writers-by-nevada-mcpherson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/24\/confusing-times-call-for-more-dedicated-writers-by-nevada-mcpherson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/21\/fuel-for-the-flame-new-years-goals-by-nevada-mcpherson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/21\/fuel-for-the-flame-new-years-goals-by-nevada-mcpherson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/22\/inspired-by-a-photograph-by-nevada-mcpherson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/22\/inspired-by-a-photograph-by-nevada-mcpherson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgressive fiction is a quirky niche genre featuring characters, constricted by society&#8217;s norms, who do what they want anyway. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5013,20],"tags":[4912,4913,75,4910,2844,4911,4914,2226,4907,4909,4908,4906],"class_list":["post-25141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-inspiration","category-writing-tips","tag-anais-nin","tag-d-h-lawrence","tag-fiction","tag-hard-to-categorize-genres","tag-henry-miller","tag-james-joyce","tag-modernist-literature","tag-nevada-mcpherson","tag-noir","tag-quirky-characters","tag-societal-norms","tag-transgressive-fiction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Are You Writing Transgressive Fiction? 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