Well, I couldn’t find any cool art that I could use without breaking several copyright laws, so instead I’m giving you this festival of metafiction-related links for your further reading enjoyment. =D

First off, I kind of lied about the top 7 websites about metafiction, because the first two I find to be more hilarious than anything else.

  1. How to Understand Metafiction (via eHow.com): “Signs that you’re reading metafiction include: experiments with fonts/typography, footnotes, the author talking to the reader …”  Of course it’s technically correct, but it’s like “signs your friend has alcohol poisoning” or “signs your wife is cheating on you.”
  2. How to Write Metafiction (via eHow.com): “Difficulty: Moderately challenging”  Again, nothing in this article is wrong, but the fact that the author has attempted to distill the entire writing process into 7 “moderately challenging” steps amuses me to no end.  Also, “Read some examples of metafiction for ideas” is pretty much a cop out as step 1.  Just sayin’.

Okay, now for the “serious” links.  I am actually planning responses to some of these articles, or at least further thought.

  1. Ten Theses on the Nature of Metafiction: The first and fourth theses are my favorites.
  2. Metafiction and the Fourth Wall: Good look at metafiction in TV.  “As I wrap up this article, it occurs to me that maybe I am not writing this at all. Perhaps you, the reader, have dreamed me up, and my existence will click-flicker fade away when you log off your PC.”
  3. Metafictional Studies: This blog hasn’t been updated since 2006 and wasn’t updated for very long, but there’s some interesting stuff there.
  4. Archetypal Metafiction: If there’s something I can’t resist, it’s metafiction.  If there’s something else I can’t resist, it’s archetypes.
  5. List of metafictional works (via Wikipedia): I have no idea whether or not this covers everything, but I’m guessing not.  Let me know if you see something missing.

Do you have any favorite articles or websites that I missed?

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