tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20152371.post7523003506421077385..comments2023-10-26T09:13:06.736+01:00Comments on Boot Camp Keegan: Dogs without TyposAlex Keeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03852766836039129209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20152371.post-33867227498617512392010-01-23T10:38:22.310+00:002010-01-23T10:38:22.310+00:00Thanks Tom
I'll take a look at the Gruiand ar...Thanks Tom<br /><br />I'll take a look at the Gruiand ariticel apas<br /><br />We miss you at Boot Camp BTW, why not drop over and chat craft in the public bits?Alex Keeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852766836039129209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20152371.post-27321634996093192372010-01-23T10:28:15.378+00:002010-01-23T10:28:15.378+00:00Excellent post Alex. By coincidence, Martin Amis m...Excellent post Alex. By coincidence, Martin Amis makes a similar point in today's Guardian:<br /><br />Deciding to write a novel about something – as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something – sounds to me like a good evocation of writer's block. No matter what its length (vignette, novella, epic), a work of fiction begins with an inkling: a notion that is also a physical sensation. It is hard to improve on Nabokov, who variously described it as a "shiver" and a "throb". The throb can come from anywhere, a newspaper report (very common), the remnants of a dream, a half-remembered quote. The crucial, the enabling fermentation lies in this: the shiver must connect to something already present in the subconscious.<br /><br />Full article here:<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/23/martin-amis-times-arrow<br /><br />It is the most difficult thing to do, stopping yourself from rushing in and writing about the 'grand idea'.Tom Conoboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15453513605683030041noreply@blogger.com