How John Steinbeck Crafts a Masterpiece
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2016
- We look into what makes John Steinbeck such a great author and how he can influence you for the better.
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I've just finished his Of Mice and Men and couldn't stop my tears at the end.
The old movie version with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney is one of the best movies ever made. Of Mice and Men.
You explain so accurately what draws me in to his writing
What a joy to see someone actually using a "board" instead of some semi-automated drawing tool!
Big fan of John Steinbeck. Own the Grapes of Wrath, read Travels with Charlie. In High School read East of Eden. As a writer I am not looking for fame or fortune. Just want to accomplish a goal. Thanks 😊
Nice. Well done. I saw at my favorite bookstore recently a Steinbeck journal he kept while writing a novel. I didn’t get it. I hope it’ll be there when I go back.
1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised. (2:13)
2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. (2:57)
3. Forget your generalized audience. They don't matter. Write for YOU (or your friend). (4:14)
4. If a scene or section gets the better of you and you still think you want it, bypass it and go on. It may make more sense later. (5:07)
5. Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. (5:20)
6. If you are using dialogue, say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech. (6:24)
Please make more videos like this dude. Stumbled over it on accident and it's one of my new favorites on RUclips. Super helpful and inspiring. Good stuff
This is absolutely beautiful
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Thanks for posting this writer's gem!
Great video. I've always thought I had a book inside of me. I might try to write it just for me and see. Many great pointers here.
dude, you are so genuine, you have my respect, I couldn't deny a single sense you made
Slow down. Also... "John Steinbeck was a pencil addict. The author started his writing sessions with 24 pencils. He adored the famous Blackwing pencil, but he also favored the Mongol 480. It's said that he used 300 pencils to write East of Eden and 60 for The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row."
Good Ideas in how to write better or not to write at all. /// We also can improve how to draw better cartoons. // Last, I recommend reading his book: "Travels with Charley In Search of America" 1962. Mr. Steinbeck travels with his dog in a truck w/camper in search of America. "We don't take trip, a trip take us". ---John Steinbeck
wow this video is so deep
Hey love your videos and the style of them! Can you please please do a whiteboard novel audiobook on Jane Eyre I have to read it by the end of winter break and I can't seem to get into it! Thanks so much!! ❤️
To steal a metaphor from Cannery Row: That's another grave concreted over :-)
His best was The Wayward Bus.
The “write for one person” advice is something Kurt Vonnegut also stressed; I wonder if there are others who’ve counseled same. Seems like ancient writer wisdom, and I mean like Greece or Rome B.C.
This was really interesting. What software do you use to make these videos?
+Grant Hall OBS to record and Krita to draw. The two programs really don't agree with each other which is why there's some weird accidental zooming and other things, but it works for now. C:
The writer who reads their passive in quality prose out loud to themselves and adds a performance dynamic that is not in the prose, will lead themselves on, with regard to the quality of the prose. Take care to use an active voice.
Pretty sure Steinbeck used pencils with a specific lead and a round surface, not octogonal, because that hurts his fingers.
"John Steinbeck was a pencil addict. The author started his writing sessions with 24 pencils. He adored the famous Blackwing pencil, but he also favored the Mongol 480. It's said that he used 300 pencils to write East of Eden and 60 for The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row."
Slow down....chaa chaa.....
Music interferes, and s l o w d o w n
OMG! You talk too fast. Would have liked a moment to absorb what you said. Darned shame. Have to five up halfway through. Ditch the guitar, too. Distracting. Take a breath, dude.
I agree!
White board drawing annoying as hell.
I like Steinbeck's stories I like his characters, and I love what he has to say.. I really do. But I don't think he's a master of prose at all, and what you quoted is not a great passage, at leas to me. I find it ridiculously pretentious, and unlike anything a real person would ever say. . .unless he just loved quoting Steinbeck. It simply does not sound like speech, it sounds like writing, and this is always bad. He just did not have an ear for real life speech, and his work is great despite this.
Looking back on when I made the video, I'd tend to agree with you now. I much prefer plain but emotionally charged words to something flowery and abstract. Steinbeck can definitely be over-the-top sometimes, as were many of his contemporaries imo. But his writing is a vibe for sure