mastersofthemiscellany: All you have to do is write your novel this year

Monday, May 21, 2007

All you have to do is write your novel this year

Walter Mosley has some encouraging words about beginning a novel. Anyone else thought about giving the novel a good honest effort after three years of stories?

2 comments:

wabby said...: I met Mr. Mosley at AWP. He was a cut-up. I didn't know who he was at the time, but I knew I was supposed to know because everyone sort of perked up and twisted around when he walked in and sat down in the audience of a panel. He had that famous person glittery-ness. I wonder when in the career of a writer that happens? I'm guessing it has something to do with being recognized--which has got to be rare.

As for novels, I'm revising a bit of my thesis with that in mind. Guess what the main character's name is? Gabby Lance. (I kid, I kid). Is anyone trying to extend something short into a novel?
If so we should have pancakes together and invite bearden as a guest speaker and talk about this...; May 21, 2007 at 12:40 PM
jack said...: i think bunny is a novel. and i guess, at one time, she was short, but now she is longer, and unfinished. and i still love her, but i'm not as interested in her as i have been. i'm kind of sick of her, in fact. i hope she doesn't slip away.

when i think of writing, though, i'm still thinking in terms of story. character and issue and all that.; May 22, 2007 at 10:08 AM