Joan Didion On Writing As Scultpture
I just got a copy of her Year Of Magical Thinking and have been perusing some online interviews. Just came across this old salon.com interview with a fascinating comment:
"Before I started working on a computer," Didion tells Dave Eggers, "writing a piece would be like making something up every day, taking the material and never quite knowing where you were going to go next with the material. With a computer it was less like painting and more like sculpture, where you start with a block of something and then start shaping it."
She's right, of course. Who hasn't been transformed by the wonders of Cut and Paste?
I just got a copy of her Year Of Magical Thinking and have been perusing some online interviews. Just came across this old salon.com interview with a fascinating comment:
"Before I started working on a computer," Didion tells Dave Eggers, "writing a piece would be like making something up every day, taking the material and never quite knowing where you were going to go next with the material. With a computer it was less like painting and more like sculpture, where you start with a block of something and then start shaping it."
She's right, of course. Who hasn't been transformed by the wonders of Cut and Paste?
Labels: Joan Didion Salon.com interview Dave Eggers Writing as sculpture
posted by Minerva Jane at
3:54 PM
2 Comments:
What a beautiful way of thinking. Joan Didion knocks me out.
i really like this. what a great way to think about writing. i often tell people how much i love words, and when they look at me funny i just explain that it's the same as a painter who loves her colors.
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