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 days - sound before description.
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 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 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 …
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…
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 …
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 …
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