I read Carver's stories after watching Short Cuts the movie. The thing that struck me was a feeling of waste - that I had up that time wasted my life by *not* reading his stories until that time! As a younger writer as I was, I knew I wanted to try and write with such a deftness, economy, beauty (and of course I never will).
I read 'What we do when we talk about love' last week & I'm now reading 'Short Cuts'. Just finished the story Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?...such a great writer.
Write like hell for 10 hours a day for 10 years. Study the masters. Earn enough money to survive. Then, if you are lucky, you might have a shot. Writing is easy. Living off your writing-now that's bloody hard..
thank you for sharing this with the rest of us.
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I read Carver's stories after watching Short Cuts the movie. The thing that struck me was a feeling of waste - that I had up that time wasted my life by *not* reading his stories until that time! As a younger writer as I was, I knew I wanted to try and write with such a deftness, economy, beauty (and of course I never will).
I read 'What we do when we talk about love' last week & I'm now reading 'Short Cuts'.
Just finished the story Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?...such a great writer.
Thanks a lot. This is wonderful
fantastic! thank u
Who posted this? Wherever, whoever you are, thank you so much this is quite rare. Really astonishing. Where did you get this stuff?
@jacobssandy Beautifully put.
Write like hell for 10 hours a day for 10 years. Study the masters. Earn enough money to survive. Then, if you are lucky, you might have a shot.
Writing is easy. Living off your writing-now that's bloody hard..
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE???
2:42 is the best part.
Is she wearing a suite and tie?
Bukowski, Carver, and Thompson....The reason I (don't) try