![]() ![]() This hybrid structure, whittled down to a mere 90,000 words, weaved together Cunningham's struggle with addiction and incarceration while highlighting the important role love played in his recovery. Then, inspired by Anne Carson's hybrid work NOX, I divided Cunningham's life story into chapters and separated those chapters with hand chosen letters and drawings. Per our client, Schulz and I conducted minor line edits to improve the flow of the narrative. Together, Schulz and I transcribed everything we received, which amounted to nearly 300,000 words. Schulz reached out to me due to my prior experience with editing novel-length works as well as my knowledge of hybrid texts and the publishing industry.įor months, Schulz and I poured over a composition notebook - scribbled to the brim with author Ryan Cunningham's life story - along with hundreds of handwritten letters and hand-drawn cards he sent to his fiancée while he was incarcerated. As for They Called Me Nemo, I was contacted by the main editor, Lois Schulz, and received an offer to collaborate on a nonfiction project. ![]()
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