December 11th, 2013 | by debbie | published in Blog | Leave A Comment »
by Debbie Vance In his 1981 Paris Review Art of Fiction Interview, Donald Barthelme speaks on how research is an essential element in the writer’s toolbox. He says, “Research yields things that you can react to, either accept or disagree with,” offering his own experience writing about the Chinese emperor Ch’in Shih Huang Ti as an example. Research provides real […]
December 2nd, 2013 | by debbie | published in Blog | Leave A Comment »
by Debbie Vance The following is an excerpt from Don DeLillo’s 1993 Paris Review Art of Fiction Interview. You can read the full thing here. I wanted to share it with you all because I think it touches on something we writers all need to hear: The necessity-and power-of cutting those sentences, paragraphs, details, characters that […]
