Novelist as a Vocation
The methods and directions a writer takes in order to supplement himself becomes part of that writer’s individuality, what makes him special.
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‘I want to open a window in their souls’: Haruki Murakami on the power of writing simply
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I hope to be “original” in my expression, just as I imagine all artists do. As I have already explained, however, it’s not something I myself can determine. However loudly I proclaim it from the rooftops, however often I am praised for it by the critics and the media, our voices are fated to vanish in the wind. All I can do is entrust the final dec
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Write Time: Guide to the Creative Process, from Vision through Revision—and Beyond
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Originality is hard to define in words, but it is possible to describe and reproduce the emotional state it evokes. I try to attain that emotional state each time I sit down to write my novels. That’s because it feels so wonderfully invigorating. It’s as if a new and different day is being born from the day that is today. If possible, I would like
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