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I was fascinated by this article posted in a TR tribe. I do a lot of free flow writing for first drafts with many revisions. That works pretty well for me. But trying to write a longer piece I do kind of struggle between the need to structure the work and the need to go with inspiration.
TR's approach interests me because I paint that way. In fact, I can't stand not to paint that way. Even though everything I've ever learned says to sketch out the basic outline, etc. I have this really weird quirk where I have to start in one place and work out from there or the piece feels fractured to me.
It never occurred to me to try writing this way. So, I think I'm going to try it out.
What do you think of it? Is it intriguing at all? Or does it just sound mad?
I was fascinated by this article posted in a TR tribe. I do a lot of free flow writing for first drafts with many revisions. That works pretty well for me. But trying to write a longer piece I do kind of struggle between the need to structure the work and the need to go with inspiration.
TR's approach interests me because I paint that way. In fact, I can't stand not to paint that way. Even though everything I've ever learned says to sketch out the basic outline, etc. I have this really weird quirk where I have to start in one place and work out from there or the piece feels fractured to me.
It never occurred to me to try writing this way. So, I think I'm going to try it out.
What do you think of it? Is it intriguing at all? Or does it just sound mad?
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 1:29 PMWell - I do believe in the ugly first draft - really ugly. But after I've done all that, I want to put some structure in there afterwards. I do like Tom Robbins. -
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 2:33 PMIt really does kind of go against everything, doesn't it? -
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 2:36 PMYeah, though there are people who do believe in automatic writing. And maybe our subconscience has a structure we just can't see. But workshops do some of that, where they get you to do unstructured writing. Supposed to really help, even if it isn't the end product. -
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 2:44 PMI think this is different from unstructured writing. He actually perfects each sentence as he's writing, sometimes taking an entire day to complete one sentence. -
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 2:48 PMYeah, but not knowing where you're headed. I mean, okay, sometimes you don't know where you're headed when you write but he really doesn't know where he's headed when he writes.
It would be a great writing exercise.
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 2:44 PMI do love Michael Dare. -
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 2:49 PMReally? I'm not familiar with him. -
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 3:02 PMI'm not sure if he still has it, but he used to have this blog called Dare something. A friend of mine used to forward them to me. They were pretty entertaining.
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Fri, August 24, 2007 - 3:22 PMWell, he has written some AMAZING sentences. I love the way that Villa Incognito starts . . .
"It has been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum for a parachute."
I laughed and laughed. It also makes sense why some of books are, well, a bit odd. And I wonder sometimes, what WAS that about anyway. But it is always good fun.
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Re: How to Write Like Tom Robbins
Mon, September 3, 2007 - 7:01 AMSome of his books seem like they were composed in unrelated segments compelled against their will into the plot. He also really had difficulty early on ending things. A fun read. I have always imagined "Another Roadside Attraction" as a film.
