george saunders, a swim in a pond in the rain
Lugar icônico: “What we try to do over the next three years is help them achieve what I call their “iconic space”—the place from which they will write the stories only they could write, using what makes them uniquely themselves—their strengths, weaknesses, obsessions, peculiarities, the whole deal. At this level, good writing is assumed; the goal is to help them acquire the technical means to become defiantly and joyfully themselves.” The focus of my artistic life has been trying to learn to write emotionally moving stories that a reader feels compelled to finish. Reação genuína: What did we feel and where did we feel it? (All coherent intellectual work begins with a genuine reaction.) Torna-se familiar com a forma a ponto de esta informar os movimentos instintivos: The idea here is that working closely with the stories will make them more available to us as we work on our own; that this intense and, we might say, forced acquaintance with them will inform the swerves and instinctive...