John Barth about himself, the story of a writer and a conversation: A drummer in an ocean of stories
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John Barth about himself, the story of a writer and a conversation: A drummer in an ocean of stories
used to wonder if he could hear what the spirits said to him if he was so hard of hearing.
I once heard the great Chicago writer Stuart Dybek say, “A story is always talking to you; you just have to learn to listen to it.” Revising like this is a way of listening to the story and of having faith in it: it wants to be its best self, and if you’re patient with it, in time, it will be. Essentially, the whole process is: intuition plus itera
... See moreLa plupart des jeunes auteurs écrivent à partir de leur expérience, mais Hemingway, comme il le suggère dans son bref aperçu, s’inspirait beaucoup d’autres sources de première voire de seconde main. Il mentionne, par exemple, avoir interviewé des soldats de la Première Guerre mondiale, et sa maîtrise de la fiction historique n’est jamais aussi mani
... See moreEverything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people, I’m sure of that. I had no ambition to be a writer.