i'm reposting this from another tribe. but it blew my mind. had to share. if you didn't know already:
www.wga.org/craft/robbins.html
www.wga.org/craft/robbins.html
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Unsu...
Re: how he writes.
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 10:37 PMI think the article is exaggerating to make a point. -
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Re: how he writes.
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 10:44 PMpossibly. i think your right... however... it does tend to explain some things about his writing style. even if it is a Bit exaggerated, there is a grain of truth to it... possibly...
or maybe i would like to think of him as a zen master of writing. :)
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Unsu...
Re: how he writes.
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 11:12 PMI beleive he certainly does enjoy "writing [himself] out of verbal corners" and I do agree that the article explains the oddity of TR's writing style. Obviously every author has their own methodologies, habits, systems etc. but I have as yet to hear of any one being as wildly different as that article says TR's is. Also, no mention of research? You're probably more well-read in TR than I am, but it's so clear that A LOT of research went into his books... think about "Jitterbug" and "Invalids"... Most successful (published) authors have a whole team of researchers that do a lot of the legwork for them...crap, I sound like I'm bashing TR or implying he "isn't that creative"- by no means to do intend that. -
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Re: how he writes.
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 11:24 PMno, i really thought about that research thing too! damn... SO many details... but i started thinking about that, maybe... Just maybe, he knows a LOT of stuff already. knows a lot of trivial details. takes that rabbit hole down an encyclopedia type research (i know that feeling... when you just start reading about something that triggers you to something else then you connect the dots.) and if it does become THAT interesting, you remember it... THEN IF you write like he does... very in the moment and very detail oriented, you pull out those notes on that topic and use it... i can see that. (maybe not so detailed as "we can't talk about the end till it gets here" kindof mentality.) but it is something i could consider when trying to write myself.
it would be an interesting writing assignment though huh?
Write every word by thinking about every word. (that sentence was very difficult to do in itself ... and now i'm doing it ... and its hard to stop...)
and i definately don't think your bashing the zenmaster of writing... :)
critical thinking of this is what we need. and i Definately don't know much about his writing style!
(hell i don't have much of a writing style myself. other than HUGE spelling errors and a tendancy to never want to capitolize the letter i.)
in any case, it really makes me want to go back and look at Jitterbug or Invalids (two of the most history detailed ones i can think of really. and maybe thats why i loved them all the more.)
t.
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Re: how he writes.
Wed, September 14, 2005 - 8:48 AM>I think the article is exaggerating to make a point.
I'd actually read a couple other places where TR says that he rarely writes more than two sentences a day.
It kinda makes sense in an etherial, mystical sort of way. He writes the way that life works - in the moment. There are memories of the past, and maybe a vague idea of what's to come, but right now is what really matters.
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Re: how he writes.
Wed, September 14, 2005 - 10:37 PMHow is alloting 8 hours a day/ 7 days a week to writing "in the moment"? Also, do you imagine how long it would take to complete a whole novel if you only wrote 2 sentences a day? TR has completed 3 in less than the last 5 years. Even more, (and I said this before) but there is an incredible amount of research involved in his books- I'm guessing as much time, energy, note-taking and travel goes into his novels as the actual penning of them. -
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Re: how he writes.
Wed, September 14, 2005 - 11:58 PM>How is alloting 8 hours a day/ 7 days a week to writing "in the moment"?
good point. however, you could "be in the moment" all 8 hours... all 7 days...
nevermind, that just seems too far fetched, esspecially for someone who is probley smokin a spliff once in a while.
a happy medium of just- doing a hella lot of research and travel mixed with highly focused writing and attention to detail. that i can digest.
either way ya look at it, i still can't do it. lol.
but it is something to aspire to i think.
but i really am going to try that as a small writing assignment. that whole, write a story, sentence by sentence. focusing on the words. might be fun.
thanx for disecting this so much jack. i like it.
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Re: how he writes.
Mon, September 19, 2005 - 2:20 PM>nevermind, that just seems too far fetched, esspecially for someone who is probley smokin a spliff once in a while.
What, TR? Naw................
Otter
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