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24 Aug 12
k schnappIn this blog posting, film critic Roger Ebert reflects on the ways that new technologies have changed the way he writes and thinks.
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26 Jan 09
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05 Nov 08
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The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before.
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Of course I don't think only about writing. I spend time with my wife, family and friends. I read a lot, watch a lot of politics on TV. But prose is beavering along beneath, writing itself. When it comes time to type it is an expression, not a process. My mind has improved so much at this that it's become clearly apparent to me. The words, as e. e. cummings wrote, come out like a ribbon and lie flat on the brush. He wasn't writing about toothpaste. In my fancy, I like to think he could have been writing about prose.
Yes, I had that cummings line in mind before I began. I knew I was heading for it. By losing the ability to speak, I have increased my ability to communicate. I am content.
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29 Oct 08
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I would rather learn to read a new language than speak one.
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When I am writing my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be.
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There is no such thing as waiting for inspiration. The idea of "diagramming" an essay in advance, as we are taught in school, may be useful to students but is foolishness for any practicing writer. The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before.
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I was not "reading the same book." I was reentering the same experience
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There is nothing you don't "get" because there is nothing to get. You are the writer. What you write is what is written. It is exactly right because it is exactly what you wrote. If someone else doesn't think so, fuck 'em. There is no objective goal, no objective right or wrong. Only the process. Your mind will set itself down in words. Do not criticize. Do not look back at every sentence. Just write. You have no idea where you are headed. Your words will lead you. This above all: Nothing is ever completed until it is started. Start. Don't look back. If at the end it doesn't meet your hopes, start again. Now you know more about your hopes.
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26 Oct 08
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25 Oct 08
Roger Ebert on how losing the ability to speak has affected him, and how reading and writing come into play.
(ma.gnolia_import) blog language writing speech roger_ebert mute_(voice) (delicious_import)
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Roger Ebert on how losing the ability to speak has affected him, and how reading and writing come into play.
ma.gnolia_import blog language writing speech roger_ebert mute_(voice) -delicious
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24 Oct 08
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