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bruce_h_r

Cutting by two thirds, and then some

Apr 24, 2008 16:28

I'm back in London after a few days in Vienna, where I read at Vienna Lit 2008 and gave a lecture to a literature class at the University of Vienna.

In the lecture, I talked about the various methods I have for getting ideas. I took out the index card that I had been writing on the evening before and read out the notes I had made regarding things I ( Read more... )

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Bruce's stories anonymous April 27 2008, 22:29:29 UTC

Bruce is a goo writer. He is alos a good teacher for thosee of us who also try to and like to write. His idea of letting us see his draft as well as his completed work is a good one. Thanks Bruce for sharing your technique and thoughts with us.
Jack Livesley

Interesting... anonymous April 28 2008, 09:42:22 UTC

...and disturbing.

Seeing the final draft of this, I was just... creeped out. (In a good way.) But reading the longer version, the creepy factor is definitely lessened -- I like it, but I LOVE the other one; I kind of prefer to know less and be weirded out.

Re: Interesting... bruce_h_r April 28 2008, 11:14:58 UTC

Sometimes less is more. It's worth noting, though, that one subscriber has written to say that she liked the longer version better, and I'm sure there are others who felt that way but hesitated to say so ( ... )