For any artistic person who creates imaginary people, the art is like inhabiting the life and mind of a seven-year-old child with imaginary friends and imaginary events and imaginary grace and imaginary tragedy. Within that alternate universe, the characters do have quite a bit of free will. I know it's happening in my mind and my mind alone, but they seem to have their own ability to shape their destinies. So I'm not shooting for anything. If the characters are vulnerable it's simply because they're very human.
The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of that beloved labor down to a few succin… - Bob Shacochis
The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of that beloved labor down to a few succin…
- Bob Shacochis
With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified intonations… - Bob Shacochis
With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified intonations…
Trying to get the sentences right and the structure of the narration right is about as big a job as I can handle. But I also know that if you handle … - Bob Shacochis
Trying to get the sentences right and the structure of the narration right is about as big a job as I can handle. But I also know that if you handle …
I'm asked all the time, "Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?" And the answer to that is, "No." It's sort of a loss to stop a 10-year project, … - Bob Shacochis
I'm asked all the time, "Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?" And the answer to that is, "No." It's sort of a loss to stop a 10-year project, …
What I do is, I'm like a disease that infects real people and I take them over. We can start off in a very journalistic mode describing a character a… - Bob Shacochis
What I do is, I'm like a disease that infects real people and I take them over. We can start off in a very journalistic mode describing a character a…
The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a lot of the time t… - Bob Shacochis
The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a lot of the time t…
Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're doing if … - Bob Shacochis
Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're doing if …
For any artistic person who creates imaginary people, the art is like inhabiting the life and mind of a seven-year-old child with imaginary friends a… - Bob Shacochis
For any artistic person who creates imaginary people, the art is like inhabiting the life and mind of a seven-year-old child with imaginary friends a…
It is no secret that souls sometimes die in a person and are replaced by others. - Bob Shacochis
It is no secret that souls sometimes die in a person and are replaced by others.
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