on writing
Mar. 25th, 2004 07:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanWords for the writer to live by. I wish I could exemplify them as well as he does (IMO, anyway)
"The precision of the storytelling...is very important. The correct detail can speak volumes about who your character is, while the wrong one can shred the credibility of your story.... Basically I find the characters and listen to them. That always leads to a series of questions about their behavior: What would they do? What would they never do? You try to locate the rhythm of their speech and the nature of their expression.
But all the telling detail in the world doesn't matter if the (story) lacks an emotional center. That's something you have to pull out of yourself from the commonality you feel with the man or woman you're writing about. By pulling these elements together as well as you can, you shed light on their lives and respect their experiences."
--Bruce Springsteen, from Songs
"The precision of the storytelling...is very important. The correct detail can speak volumes about who your character is, while the wrong one can shred the credibility of your story.... Basically I find the characters and listen to them. That always leads to a series of questions about their behavior: What would they do? What would they never do? You try to locate the rhythm of their speech and the nature of their expression.
But all the telling detail in the world doesn't matter if the (story) lacks an emotional center. That's something you have to pull out of yourself from the commonality you feel with the man or woman you're writing about. By pulling these elements together as well as you can, you shed light on their lives and respect their experiences."
--Bruce Springsteen, from Songs
