Reflections of a working writer and reader
I try to make writers actually see what they have written, where the strength is. Usually in fiction there's something that leaps out - an image or a moment that is strong enough to center the story. If they can see it, they can exploit it, enhance it, and build a fiction that is subtle and new. I don't try to teach technique, because frankly most technical problems go away when a writer realizes where the life of a story lies. I don't see any reason in fine-tuning something that's essentially not going anywhere anyway. What they have to do first is interact in a serious way with what they're putting on a page. When people are fully engaged with what they're writing, a striking change occurs, a discipline of language and imagination. Marilynne Robinson
i’m on a stationary train in the middle of a field en route to London to see Jessica Lange in The Glass Menagerie. We hit a flock of sheep, which were on the track and one of the diesel tanks was damaged and is leaking. Fingers crossed . . .
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The train hit a flock of sheep?
That sounds messy.
jb says: I’m not gonna describe it.
We were having a nice pleasant day wandering about when a great big metal monster came out of nowhere and ploughed into us. Some of us are sadly no more but at least we managed to injure the monster.
I’m sorry that you were delayed but even sorrier to hear about about the poor sheep.
Nice blog, by the way
jb says: Thank you, sir.