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I’m on the literary crusade. I’m focusing on reading more and writing more thanks to your videos. I have been on and off from writing for a long time but now I am making it my goal to being the best author I can be. I gotta thank you for your ideas of audience building and sharing your knowledge of literature and the valuable lessons within.
I remember as a kid I read something by Steinbeck in which he said he prefers writing with a pencil. And I've been obsessed with writing with pencil since then.
Steinbeck is definitely an author I need to read more of, and ironically he is my dad's favorite writer and the person I'm named after. Steinbeck is also further proof that you need to live life in order to write about it. Great video!
Glad to see this channel taking off. I am on this crusade now largely due to your videos/recommendations. Would love to see more Steinbeck soon. He's the king of the 20th century IMO. Cheers!
Honestly I think Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday are even better than Tortilla Flat. They're all the same sort of, let's call it "vagrant fiction", too.
@@leo88775 "The Pearl" is good too. Steinbeck is a one trick pony when it comes to his novellas though; this one I mentioned, along with Tortilla Flat and Of mice and men, all have the same ending: the most likable character dies.
@@matheusseefeldt5100 Which is also why I feel like Cannery Row differs. It's not another of his trademark tragedies. It's more of a comedy than anything, and it's pretty great. I've been reading his whole bibliography this year and I'm about two-thirds through. I've left out the best and biggest for last, aka Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. Working my way through To a God Unknown. It's been a blast, honestly.
Can you do a video discussing objective vs subjective quality in literature? It’s an endless debate online and many act like objective quality doesn’t exist at all.
What I hope will be my second novel has the first drat on page 757 of what I think will be about 1200 pages when complete. I have an excellent publisher ready to read it and still hurrying on my part would ruin it.
What is your honest opinion of the western writers Elmer Kelton and Louis L'Amour? That you don't see them eye to eye with McCarthy etc. is obvious. Still ...
I’ve read two books by L’Amour; I thought “Taggart” was pretty mediocre and had some truly terrible characters, and “Keylock Man” had a very strong first half and ended well enough. He’s is good enough that I’m interested in reading more by him (it helps that his books are pretty short) but not good enough that I think about his writing or works long after i finished them like some of the great authors.
@@kieranmaciel6195I think writers like them are very good stylists and craftsmen and that their value lies in their historical knowledge too, which is woven into the story. I don't see them in the league of "the greatest", but they don't have to be. There are still images that I have in my head years after reading some of their novels. I can recommend "Kiowa Trail" by L'Amour, "Hondo" was good too. Or "The Time It Never Rained" and "The Day The Cowboys Quit" by Kelton.
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Steinbeck never got over his biases of upper classes. Being a great artist means showing a accurate and clear portrayal of all types of life and the ways people live. A great book gives a complete picture of all the elements n their story.
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🚀 Want to WRITE better? Join my free writing school: www.skool.com/writeconscious
📚 Book club, daily podcasts, and my writing: writeconscious.substack.com
📕My Best Books of All-Time List: writeconscious.ck.page/355619345e
🔥Want to READ my wife’s fire poetry? Go here: marigoldeclipse.substack.com
🤔My Favorite Book: amzn.to/3zPeC04
I’m on the literary crusade. I’m focusing on reading more and writing more thanks to your videos. I have been on and off from writing for a long time but now I am making it my goal to being the best author I can be. I gotta thank you for your ideas of audience building and sharing your knowledge of literature and the valuable lessons within.
what kind of books/authors you getting into first?
I remember as a kid I read something by Steinbeck in which he said he prefers writing with a pencil. And I've been obsessed with writing with pencil since then.
Steinbeck is definitely an author I need to read more of, and ironically he is my dad's favorite writer and the person I'm named after. Steinbeck is also further proof that you need to live life in order to write about it. Great video!
Steinbeck is my favorite classic author. Happy to see you touching on him!
Glad to see this channel taking off. I am on this crusade now largely due to your videos/recommendations. Would love to see more Steinbeck soon. He's the king of the 20th century IMO. Cheers!
I highly recommend reading the Journal of A Novel: The East of Eden Letters.
It’s a great companion to East of Eden.
Yes! Finally! I love Steinbeck!
Wonderlust ahoy!
Only beauty can save us.
Finalmente! Never thought you would do a video on Steinbeck. Just finished "Tortilla Flat", great book. His work has been inspiring.
Honestly I think Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday are even better than Tortilla Flat. They're all the same sort of, let's call it "vagrant fiction", too.
@@leo88775 "The Pearl" is good too. Steinbeck is a one trick pony when it comes to his novellas though; this one I mentioned, along with Tortilla Flat and Of mice and men, all have the same ending: the most likable character dies.
@@matheusseefeldt5100 Which is also why I feel like Cannery Row differs. It's not another of his trademark tragedies. It's more of a comedy than anything, and it's pretty great.
I've been reading his whole bibliography this year and I'm about two-thirds through. I've left out the best and biggest for last, aka Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. Working my way through To a God Unknown. It's been a blast, honestly.
Can you do a video discussing objective vs subjective quality in literature? It’s an endless debate online and many act like objective quality doesn’t exist at all.
God damn I been waiting for Steinbeck video. You da man
Read his letters and bio. Glad he's getting some respect...
Paradise Lost and Paradise Reclaimed
@@WesternOutpostDonVonFilms I finished Paradise Lost two weeks ago, a masterpiece.
@@brennancarter7721 For sure. Milton was a beast.
did you say "even" Toni Morrison lol
Could you point to the material you used to learned to use verbs for images?
What I hope will be my second novel has the first drat on page 757 of what I think will be about 1200 pages when complete. I have an excellent publisher ready to read it and still hurrying on my part would ruin it.
Oh wow, Steinbeck is being discussed in your corner of Booktube
steinbeck wrote letters to the cia all the time. probably how he got so good
What is your honest opinion of the western writers Elmer Kelton and Louis L'Amour? That you don't see them eye to eye with McCarthy etc. is obvious. Still ...
I’ve read two books by L’Amour; I thought “Taggart” was pretty mediocre and had some truly terrible characters, and “Keylock Man” had a very strong first half and ended well enough. He’s is good enough that I’m interested in reading more by him (it helps that his books are pretty short) but not good enough that I think about his writing or works long after i finished them like some of the great authors.
@@kieranmaciel6195I think writers like them are very good stylists and craftsmen and that their value lies in their historical knowledge too, which is woven into the story. I don't see them in the league of "the greatest", but they don't have to be. There are still images that I have in my head years after reading some of their novels. I can recommend "Kiowa Trail" by L'Amour, "Hondo" was good too. Or "The Time It Never Rained" and "The Day The Cowboys Quit" by Kelton.
But? Okay, I'll listen.😉
If you're into deeply philosophical explorations of how science and technology are rapidly changing the nature of humanity and how we define reality itself, please consider reading my books. Welcome To The Divide... focuses on aspects of haecceity and individuation in a world of increasing interconnection and homogeneity. Vitruvia 144 is concerned with how we engage with the very idea of reality when simulations and AR/VR technologies become so indistinguishable from normal life that schizophrenia can no longer be differentiated. I spent decades slaving away on these works and holding myself to the highest standards. If there is to be a literary Renaissance, and not just the slow setting of a dying sun that once illuminated the eyes that dared to dream with words, this is my contribution to the guild of light-keepers and luminaries that you are trying to foster. Love the channel and hope to see everyone write their way into a new dawn! My best to all.
Where can we read them?
Steinbeck never got over his biases of upper classes. Being a great artist means showing a accurate and clear portrayal of all types of life and the ways people live. A great book gives a complete picture of all the elements n their story.