"We can't make them perfectly, only as best we can. Hemingway once said that he had very little natural talent and what people called his style was simply his effort to overcome his lack of talent. Don't take it lightly. What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?"
Showing posts with label workshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label workshop. Show all posts
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Andre Dubus' "Letter to a Writers' Workshop"
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Daily Math
This:
Plus This:
Will hopefully turn Dan into this:
Photo 1: I paid $2.95 for this notebook. I spend more than that on bagels some days and this Beach Lady Notebook has proven to be more faithful, knowing, and supportive than any bagel I've ever met.
Photo 2: My brand, spankin' new Olivetti Lettera 35 typewriter given to me for the price of on-the-house, courtesy of The-Now-Retired-Eadie.
Photo 3: Raymond Carver typing away in Syracuse, New York, 1984.
Not pictured: My new short fiction workshop at The New School. I paid $647 for this workshop. I could have bought about 216 of my favorite Beach Lady Notebook for that same price. I won't know what the better investment will be until the workshop ends, but I'll keep you posted.
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