Gawd, it's been a while--
I swear, I update more regularly than this. I do.
So, today, I will rant on the subject of writerly imagination. Or lack thereof.
Exhibit A: You Could Make It Up.
This is a wonderful two page essay by a writer I'd never heard of named Lynne Truss. In it, she admits to not researching her fictional works. Not simply 'only googling the big ( Read more... )
So, today, I will rant on the subject of writerly imagination. Or lack thereof.
Exhibit A: You Could Make It Up.
This is a wonderful two page essay by a writer I'd never heard of named Lynne Truss. In it, she admits to not researching her fictional works. Not simply 'only googling the big ( Read more... )
"The little_details lj can serve both a good and detrimental function for writers. I would resist using it in most cases. I think over-fixation on details is actually not a good thing for particularly young writers who need to feel unfettered with their imaginations and not obsess over those little details."
The point about younger writers is really relevant, rather frightening (honestly) and not something I had yet considered.
I don't know what would have happened to my writing if at an early age I had encountered people who insisted at every turn that "that's not how it is." I think I would have been terribly discouraged, and I'd probably be a good deal less happy than I am now, because I would have given up as profitless a long time ago.
"Stylistically I am pretty obsessed with realism in dialogue; I work hard to capture each character's voice and to try to make dialogue as naturalistic as possible."
I entirely agree! *laughs* I think sometimes I like writing the dialogue far more than all the description that attends it --heh. If scriptwriting didn't seem so thankless. . .
Glad you found it of interest! Hopefully I'll see more of you in the future.
-Rantza
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I wish I could take credit for the layout, but it's sutlers genius.
Don't tell her I said that. *facepalm*
Salut!
-Rantza
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