UA-cam has been recommending to me so many videos of writing advice, and I'm kind of sick of it. Everyone has something to say, and I'd rather focus on writing than listen to all of it. But I'm really glad that I clicked on this video. It gives me a good concept to chew on, a potential book to find and read, and all in a nice, concise package. Thank you.
Thank you! I absolutely feel the same way at times. I agree; it's best to focus on the actual writing. That's the only way to get things done. But I'm glad you've got a new book, and I hope some other aspects of the video were valuable!
Ignoring my internal shrieking about the physical treatment of the book: thanks for demonstrating the good qualities of one of my favorite books and how the writing quality can work for new writers.
You're welcome! I'll try to be more careful - I'm not a collector, and to be honest, I don't know much about book endurance. I'll have to do some research!
I have read Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden by Steinbeck. The later one was such a page turner. I have had a tough time finishing the Grapes of Wrath; especially as a guy from Indian-subcontinent. But when I finished, i did what the daughter and mother did in the opening scene of the movie Lady Bird. Then i thought to myself, "that's the power of writing" and "that's humanity encompassed in just a few lines".
I love East of Eden - for some reason, it was harder for me to get into Grapes of Wrath. I like your take on the power of literature to represent what makes us human. Thanks for watching from India!
An approach to this is to write in third person intense objective viewpoint, so that the interior aspects are presented from the POV of the main character of the moment of the scene. From my experience -- since I rarely read literary books per se, because of the passivity of the writing -- an example of this can be gained from the Foreigner novels by C. J. Cherryh
That copy of Cannery Row is not necessarily stolen. You’d be surprised at how many books a high school library tosses out every year. At my high school, during every June testing week, the librarians would fill four huge garbage cans with old books. I assume that these books were starting to fall apart and were going to be replaced with new copies. I hope so. Who knows. Once one of my friends was walking through the library and saw The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner on the top of the garbage can pile, picked it up, and gave it to me. I still have it. So judging from what that copy of Cannary Row looks like, I’d guess you’d grandfather’s high school library was about to toss the book out.
Sanderson has one of the best writing courses out there. It’s not necessarily about being the most prolific talent, but about how you communicate those ideas in a pedantic sense.
UA-cam has been recommending to me so many videos of writing advice, and I'm kind of sick of it. Everyone has something to say, and I'd rather focus on writing than listen to all of it. But I'm really glad that I clicked on this video. It gives me a good concept to chew on, a potential book to find and read, and all in a nice, concise package. Thank you.
Thank you! I absolutely feel the same way at times. I agree; it's best to focus on the actual writing. That's the only way to get things done. But I'm glad you've got a new book, and I hope some other aspects of the video were valuable!
yeah me too lol
A writing advice that was actually inspiring. Thanks for it
Loved the bit on interiority. Very helpful, please keep making these.
Thank you - I will!
One of his best. And he is one of the best. This one is why I subbed and liked just now. Keep them coming.
Thank you!
Ignoring my internal shrieking about the physical treatment of the book: thanks for demonstrating the good qualities of one of my favorite books and how the writing quality can work for new writers.
You're welcome! I'll try to be more careful - I'm not a collector, and to be honest, I don't know much about book endurance. I'll have to do some research!
I have read Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden by Steinbeck. The later one was such a page turner.
I have had a tough time finishing the Grapes of Wrath; especially as a guy from Indian-subcontinent. But when I finished, i did what the daughter and mother did in the opening scene of the movie Lady Bird. Then i thought to myself, "that's the power of writing" and "that's humanity encompassed in just a few lines".
I love East of Eden - for some reason, it was harder for me to get into Grapes of Wrath. I like your take on the power of literature to represent what makes us human. Thanks for watching from India!
Wait what? I have both and sadly, haven't finished either. So what does mother and daughter do?
An approach to this is to write in third person intense objective viewpoint, so that the interior aspects are presented from the POV of the main character of the moment of the scene. From my experience -- since I rarely read literary books per se, because of the passivity of the writing -- an example of this can be gained from the Foreigner novels by C. J. Cherryh
I like your take - I'll have to check out the Foreigner novels, this is the first I'm hearing of them. Thank you for the recommendation!
That copy of Cannery Row is not necessarily stolen. You’d be surprised at how many books a high school library tosses out every year. At my high school, during every June testing week, the librarians would fill four huge garbage cans with old books. I assume that these books were starting to fall apart and were going to be replaced with new copies. I hope so. Who knows. Once one of my friends was walking through the library and saw The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner on the top of the garbage can pile, picked it up, and gave it to me. I still have it. So judging from what that copy of Cannary Row looks like, I’d guess you’d grandfather’s high school library was about to toss the book out.
Libraries sell or give away their books after weeding.
That's true - my opinion, in this case, was formed using context clues from the situation.
Great video that uses writing advice from actual Lit authors and not pulp writers like Sanderson or King.
Thank you! I'm personally a fan of King - but my favorite novels will always be the the classics.
Sanderson has one of the best writing courses out there. It’s not necessarily about being the most prolific talent, but about how you communicate those ideas in a pedantic sense.
Great video keep it up man!
Thank you!
Writing places, first time heard about this. Thank you!