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 succinct paragraphs that shape the background to your narrative. I love research - that's all the fun, especially in the field. To write, however, is to suffer, and my pieces usually come in thousands of words over the assigned length. That's a serious flaw in my writing process - shaping and disciplining the footlockers of material one has so happily gathered.
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
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 …
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, …
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…
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.
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…
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…
I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure. - Bob Shacochis
I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure.
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