I thought he just meant writing from the gut instead of the
head.
Charlie Williams.
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--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Kerry J. Schooley"
<gsp.schoo@...> wrote:
>
> At 09:41 PM 26/03/2007, you wrote:
>
> >- I agree with you Jack. When I started writing
dark crime I used
to
> >really stress over
> >planting symbols and the book/screenplay's deep,
heavier meaning.
> >The result was flat
> >and forced. Now I focus on character over
everything else. What's
> >amazing to me is that by
> >the fourth pass on a particular project, I start
to see all these
> >symbols and connections
> >which I then pump up. Where did they come from?
Who knows, but I'm
> >always happy to
> >see them.
>
> I expect "good writing" and notions of the
appreciation of good
> writing are as diverse as other forms of human
behaviour, but I
think
> what Hemingway meant here was that good writers are
well read or
> otherwise immersed in their culture, to the extent
that its symbols
> and structures become inherent rather than
studied.
>
> Best,
> Kerry
>
>
>
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