Dal blog del mio scrittore preferito, Jonathan Carroll, il post di oggi (il neretto è mio):
I was talking with DL about writing and said this. I thought it might be of some help to those of you who are wrestling with your own projects:
Part of creating is letting go. I remember very vividly when writing The Land of Laughs that I reached the part in the story where the dog speaks for the first time. I wrote the passage and stopped. I thought– the *dog* just spoke– that’s crazy. But a moment later I said okay, let’s just see where that goes. In an essential way it was the turning point of all writing I have done since then. My paradigm moment came about because I simply let go, accepted the nutty for fact, and kept moving. The Germans have a nice phrase about trust in romance– ‘fall back and I’ll catch you.’ The same could be applied to writing or any art, as far as I can see: If you believe you have it in you, write whatever it is you want and stop thinking about approaches or limitations or or or… Just *write* it. Clear your mind of hesitation and everything other than the sentence you are trying to write and do it. Then write the next one. The more you think about it, the less well you do it. Start with a phrase or a character you like or who intrigues you. Then begin to spin a spider’s web out from that center point. But don’t *think* about it. Very often when I begin a book or story, I only have a single line or image which I put down and then think–who is this? What are they like? ‘Haden was in trouble again’ is the beginning of GLASS SOUP only because I liked that line. After writing it I thought– who’s this Haden? He’s a handsome asshole. Okay, what does he do? Where is he? Etcetera. Don’t think about it– just be a spider and spin the web only you can design.
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Sto finendo di leggere “Ciao Pauline” mentre la settimana scorsa mi sono letto “Mare di legno”. Me lo hai fatto scoprire tu con un post di tempo fa su “Mele bianche”
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maggio 19th, 2008
benvenuto nel club
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maggio 19th, 2008
appena finito il matrimonio dei fiammiferi
mi è durato solo un pomeriggio, dannazione
carroll è un genio indiscusso, con la teoria del mosaico mi ha letto direttamente dalla testa la teoria del mosaico….
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agosto 22nd, 2008
ti capisco quel libro è carico di suspance soprattutto la seconda parte. lo rileggerei volentieri, ma sono indecisa se prendere la versione italiana oppure rileggere quella in inglese.
intanto il 30 settembre arriva The ghost in love ^_^!!!
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agosto 26th, 2008
good site jbkloa
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settembre 25th, 2008
Rispondi a “Perchè ti sia di ispirazione”