In my walks through various literary websites and blogs dedicated to this need, I witnessed the love of many people of all ages to write, many of those traveling by land from what is known as creative writing in the form of stories or short stories mainly. Most do it as a recreational activity, without any pretense alien to it. Sometimes I have witnessed situations in which the older or gifted in these conflicts advise beginners with recommendations of good will, almost always at the request of the latter. Her own experience in any activity in life can not be transmitted to another person by magic, even in the literary, but it's good, it is advisable to know what they think the writers have come a long way, although 'one only path ... 'However, there are many tips and recommendations that the authors have been devoted to new writers, which nearly always part of the art or craft of writing, which is acquired slowly.
This type of guidelines to take into account depends largely on the genre that is practiced: short story, story, article, etc.
has always interested me this facet of the writers and I like to share with potential readers. Consider some cases:
Gianni Rodari, in his Grammar of Fantasy (Introduction to the art of making up stories), gives a range of methods and systems for the development of imagination and creativity, such as the binomial fantastic, consisting of develop a list of words that have no relationship to each other, take two and start writing a story with them. ***
There are excellent examples
of this method. One is the words 'bear' and 'pipes', used by Julio Cortázar in his speech story of the bear, which begins:
"I bear the plumbing of the house, I go through the pipes in the quiet hours , hot water pipes, heating, fresh air, going down the tubes from department to department and I am the bear who goes down the drain ... " ***
Another García Márquez formed it with the words 'ice' and 'execution', which on occasion has confessed when questioned that he had for twenty years in mind. As you know, hundred years loneliness, begins: "Many years later, he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." ***
But the one I was always struck, full of imagination, the pair has been HAND RED and without any apparent relation to one another, words that are served Bernardo Atxaga (Joseba Irazu pseudonym ), a famous Basque narrator, explaining how to act 'To write a story in five minutes, "chapter in his storybook Obabakoak, which begins the narration of the story set in the following Surprisingly, 'Yes, I covered my face with this vast network the day they burned my hands..' Top extremely attractive, they catch. ***
Edgar Allan Poe, in his method of composition, which explains the genesis of the construction of his story The Raven tells us, among other things, that any plan that you prepare to tell a story must have been drawn 'with a view to the outcome. " Recommended 'to keep in mind the effect you want to make, never losing sight of the original. " ***
Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan short story writer, who lived a long time in Argentina, which figure is gathering momentum with the passage of time, we discussed in our article Literature and suicide, in his Manual of perfect storyteller, she stresses that 'to begin a story is needed, in ninety-nine percent of the cases, knowing where it's going. " He adds as advice: 'Believe in a teacher. As you can resist imitation. No adjectives unnecessarily. Do not abuse the reader. Do not write under the sway of emotion or think of your friends to write, or the impression of your story. '. ***
Borges and Bioy Casares, give us advice very much in line of excellent short stories in Argentina, well-earned reputation. And so urge us to, among others, the following issues: 'The metaphors in general and in particular, visual and more of the farm, the bank, the naval. Anything that might suggest the idea of \u200b\u200bbeing turned into a movie. Avoid vanity, modesty, pedophilia, the absence of pedophilia, suicide. " These tips, as shown, are written with a real sense of humor. Borges and Casares follow: 'Avoid the use of quirky games with time and space, as do Faulkner, Borges and Bioy Casares.'. Remember in this respect Borges's use of these elements in El Aleph. ***
is, to be inferred, in short, that the best rule to follow is not to follow or no follow only their own. There are, however, a rule very effective to learn to write better, read a lot. All great writers have been, rather than writers, great readers or par. ***
Vargas Llosa in Letters to a young novelist, said: 'All the great writers were at the beginning scribes apprentices. The chemically pure invention does not exist in the literary. Every novel (narrative) is a lie that masquerades as truth and we must use persuasion and the techniques of illusion and sleight of hand. And ... and .... " ***
councils could continue with Pio Baroja, Chekhov, Hemingway, Katherine Mansfield, Sherwood Anderson, Virginia Woolf, etc., But would never end ...
* Extract from different blogs. I regret not having identified the authors at the time as is my custom. L'Amar Rocío
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