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Are you suggesting that his characters write themselves?
by atomical 16y ago
Are you suggesting that his characters write themselves?
- jon_dahl 16y agoThat's kind of what King suggests. He recommends starting with life-like characters and an interesting setting, and seeing where the story takes you. The result is that some of his characters and settings are more interesting than his plots. Example: later Dark Tower series.
- harscoat 16y ago"Novel geneticist" (= looking in detail how literary text/novel are produced cf. link) P.M. de Biasi distinguishes between "with Plan" literature and "au fil de la plume". 1st example is Flaubert (Many Plans and scenarii before "writing" the text) vs Stendhal eg. La Chartreuse de Parme: 3 weeks to write without detailed plan. http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/toc/14021.html http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/toc/14021.html