Q&A with S.E. Hinton, Part 1
If you could go back and write The Outsiders again, would you change anything? Is there anything you would do differently now?
Sure. I could do a much better-written book. But it wouldn’t be The Outsiders.
Q&A with S.E. Hinton, Part 1
If you could go back and write The Outsiders again, would you change anything? Is there anything you would do differently now?
Sure. I could do a much better-written book. But it wouldn’t be The Outsiders.
“Americana,” by Don DeLillo
Hillary Clinton rejected — via a personal letter — Jason Segel’s offer to star in a movie with him, according to Politico.
This, obviously, is a great letter, but that font: It does not become a madame secretary.
Letters from Hillary.
Non-negotiable Muppets, people!
Can only hope that my rejection letters to Jason Segel are so flirty and concise.
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Follow Friday: Karla’s Closet
Not, in fact, a tumblr that you can follow, but you can definitely get her in your Google reader and I highly recommend that you can do. It’s a blog filled with a hottie in fabulous clothing. Can’t ask for much more.
Reoccurring storm, Greely Myatt
If you’re younger than 13, don’t use Tumblr. Ask your parents for an Xbox or try books.
– The new Tumblr TOS. [NPR Books site, for those of you younger than 13.] (via nprfreshair)
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6 Writing Tips From John Steinbeck
1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.
3. Forget your generalized audience. In the first place, the nameless, faceless audience will scare you to death and in the second place, unlike the theater, it doesn’t exist. In writing, your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person—a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
4. If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it—bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn’t belong there.
5. Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. It will usually be found that it is out of drawing.
6. If you are using dialogue—say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech.
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6 Writing Tips From John Steinbeck
1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.
3. Forget your generalized audience. In the first place, the nameless, faceless audience will scare you to death and in the second place, unlike the theater, it doesn’t exist. In writing, your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person—a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
4. If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it—bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn’t belong there.
5. Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. It will usually be found that it is out of drawing.
6. If you are using dialogue—say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech.
Read more. [Image: AP]
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Seven hours.
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