tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post114146390110680653..comments2023-09-25T05:45:41.437-07:00Comments on The Art of Fiction: Against ParaphraseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-1141568993435145442006-03-05T06:29:00.000-08:002006-03-05T06:29:00.000-08:00What was the word? I always liked the character in...What was the word? I always liked the character in Camus's the Plague who is constantly working on his first sentence, aiming to get that right, and once that's done the rest of the book will obviously follow. Some days he just changes a word or punctuation, other times, he changes the whole line.Adrian Slatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946068316432524571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-1141568224878007322006-03-05T06:17:00.000-08:002006-03-05T06:17:00.000-08:00Did you hear about the author who worked on his 85...Did you hear about the author who worked on his 85,000 word novel until he had pared it down to one single word?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps literature should adopt music or painting as ways to describe itself. When someone asks what a book is about, show them a Charpentier score or an original DeVity.Quillhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.com