Some of the biggest challenges were, page after page, standing naked in front of the reader. — Rob Roberge Books Copy Share Image
The biggest thing was that second person allowed me to trick myself into revealing more about myself. It gave me an authorial… — Rob Roberge Action Copy Share Image
You can't hide behind the guise of fiction. No matter how autobiographical a fictional scene is, you can always tell the reader… — Rob Roberge Behinds Copy Share Image
The least trusted testimony in a court of law is eyewitness testimony. We are simply not good reporters of facts that happen… — Rob Roberge Court Copy Share Image
I'd say the music influences the writing - the music and rhythm of the prose - much more than the writing influences… — Rob Roberge Influence Copy Share Image
I have an MFA in writing. It is debatable if they are right for everyone, but I had a mentor who really… — Rob Roberge Changed Copy Share Image
I wasn't doing much work when I was using and drinking. I have friends who did it (work), but I wasn't one… — Rob Roberge Drinking Copy Share Image
I think the act of lying can be separated from the genre of memoir. Though often times, people are unaware of their… — Rob Roberge Genre Copy Share Image
For me, addiction never really included telling myself that everything was okay. By the time I was deep in my addictions, I… — Rob Roberge Addiction Copy Share Image
A lot of my students have been quite notable. Notable in both the personal sense - people who have changed my life… — Rob Roberge Careers Copy Share Image
I think every narrator is an unreliable narrator. In its classic definition - an unreliable narrator is one who reveals something they… — Rob Roberge Classic Copy Share Image
I don't teach narrative theory by itself anymore, but I kind of use it when critiquing student manuscripts. So, it works its… — Rob Roberge Kind Copy Share Image
It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next… — Rob Roberge Firsts Copy Share Image
There's something known as "memory conformity," also known as "social contagion of memory," which refers to a situation where one person's telling… — Rob Roberge Accounts Copy Share Image
I like the fact that second person puts the reader in the story. It makes them, whether they like it or not,… — Rob Roberge Action Copy Share Image
My teaching career started with me teaching comp at a very small school in Buffalo. And I was terrible at that point.… — Rob Roberge Buffalo Copy Share Image
One of the things I love most about second person is that it reminds the reader that they are reading a text.… — Rob Roberge Book Copy Share Image
