I wanted to preserve the feeling of remembering her just months after her death - the raw immediacy of it, so the drafts were really about getting the language right, getting the pitch right, keeping the voice austere and plainspoken.
One way to be aware of it, to teach to yourself, is simply to read work aloud. I love reading the endings of books aloud when I start nearing the end. - Paul Lisicky
One way to be aware of it, to teach to yourself, is simply to read work aloud. I love reading the endings of books aloud when I start nearing the end.
- Paul Lisicky
I think my methods are more suggestive than assertive. Check out those passages again and see what you think. - Paul Lisicky
I think my methods are more suggestive than assertive. Check out those passages again and see what you think.
I wanted to preserve the feeling of remembering her just months after her death - the raw immediacy of it, so the drafts were really about getting th… - Paul Lisicky
I wanted to preserve the feeling of remembering her just months after her death - the raw immediacy of it, so the drafts were really about getting th…
I wanted to dissolve the boundary between the outside world and the world of the relationships. Those events, with exception of the Mt. Saint Helens … - Paul Lisicky
I wanted to dissolve the boundary between the outside world and the world of the relationships. Those events, with exception of the Mt. Saint Helens …
I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style, other than certain descriptive tendencies, a… - Paul Lisicky
I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style, other than certain descriptive tendencies, a…
I start with voice, maybe a sentence. That sentence might embody an image, and I go from there. One sentence to the next. Sound drives the work these… - Paul Lisicky
I start with voice, maybe a sentence. That sentence might embody an image, and I go from there. One sentence to the next. Sound drives the work these…
Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too distracting. I… - Paul Lisicky
Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too distracting. I…
I think the most reliable way to teach it is through reading work aloud over and over. Many prose writers been encouraged to do that, but that might … - Paul Lisicky
I think the most reliable way to teach it is through reading work aloud over and over. Many prose writers been encouraged to do that, but that might …
I talk about it a lot to my students. Musicality never came up in any of own writing education, and I can see why - we don't have the vocabulary for … - Paul Lisicky
I talk about it a lot to my students. Musicality never came up in any of own writing education, and I can see why - we don't have the vocabulary for …
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