Even Jack Kerouac, who famously said, "First thought, best thought," benefited from editing. His earliest works are the most edited, and they're the best of his writing.
It's about transitioning from adolescence, when you live together with parents and see each other every day, to the era when you don't live together … - K. M. Soehnlein
It's about transitioning from adolescence, when you live together with parents and see each other every day, to the era when you don't live together …
- K. M. Soehnlein
A knowledge of craft is not the enemy of creativity. You sit down to write and realize, today's going to be a really unconscious day and I'm going to… - K. M. Soehnlein
A knowledge of craft is not the enemy of creativity. You sit down to write and realize, today's going to be a really unconscious day and I'm going to…
But revision is a creative act, not merely an analytical imposition of rules of style on a more creative first draft. That's a myth - that the first … - K. M. Soehnlein
But revision is a creative act, not merely an analytical imposition of rules of style on a more creative first draft. That's a myth - that the first …
Living in the world of the workshop, which I do as a teacher, you have to be articulate about craft. And that often involves imposing analysis on wor… - K. M. Soehnlein
Living in the world of the workshop, which I do as a teacher, you have to be articulate about craft. And that often involves imposing analysis on wor…
I remember being in the same position as Ruby, when I no longer believed in God as I was raised to believe. But I still am a believer - it's a person… - K. M. Soehnlein
I remember being in the same position as Ruby, when I no longer believed in God as I was raised to believe. But I still am a believer - it's a person…
Knowing that we'd meet Ruby at the point where she stopped believing, I knew I was also going to have to deal with what you do with your capacity for… - K. M. Soehnlein
Knowing that we'd meet Ruby at the point where she stopped believing, I knew I was also going to have to deal with what you do with your capacity for…
I am always interested in characters who are in these kinds of transitional moments in their lives, when it's not clear where they're going to end up… - K. M. Soehnlein
I am always interested in characters who are in these kinds of transitional moments in their lives, when it's not clear where they're going to end up…
It's a rare memoir that can tell a story that seems brand new, but Nina Here Nor There does it. This one-of-a-kind narrator undertakes a quest that i… - K. M. Soehnlein
It's a rare memoir that can tell a story that seems brand new, but Nina Here Nor There does it. This one-of-a-kind narrator undertakes a quest that i…
Not a lot of contemporary fiction is written about brothers and sisters. Salinger's Franny and Zooey was an inspiration for me. In Franny and Zooey, … - K. M. Soehnlein
Not a lot of contemporary fiction is written about brothers and sisters. Salinger's Franny and Zooey was an inspiration for me. In Franny and Zooey, …
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