![]() ![]() Source: Paris Review – The Art of Fiction No. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done. He puts the last word down and it is done. To finish is sadness to a writer-a little death. These are curtain rise and curtain fall, but the story goes on and nothing finishes. We do have curtains-in a day, morning, noon and night, in a man, birth, growth and death. Of course a writer rearranges life, shortens time intervals, sharpens events, and devises beginnings, middles and ends. “Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. ![]() One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say-and to feel. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome. ![]() Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. He isn’t telling or teaching or ordering. Of course, there are dishonest writers who go on for a little while, but not for long-not for long.Ī writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. One fateful meeting that will send them on a journey of self-discovery and one unexpected romance. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator. A Hollywood star yearning for authenticity. A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. Photograph by Yoichi OkamotoĪ man who writes a story is forced to put into it the best of his knowledge and the best of his feeling. ![]()
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