Congratulations! Your support has been successfully sent to the author
avatar
How Much Invisible Work Goes into a Book?

How Much Invisible Work Goes into a Book?

Published Mar 5, 2023 Updated Mar 5, 2023 Culture
time 13 min
0
Love
0
Solidarity
0
Wow
thumb 1 comment
lecture 406 readings
2
reactions

You cannot read any more publications this month without being logged in.


To enjoy unlimited access and take full advantage of new features, log in or create an account by clicking below. It's free! Log in

How Much Invisible Work Goes into a Book?

Workshop Diary 10

 Translator: Austin Wagner

  

This is my final workshop diary entry for this series; soon I’ll ride off into the sunset. When I set out on this project, I told everyone about it: “it’ll be great, ten pieces I get to write about not writing.” I was obviously exaggerating, but still, I really didn’t work on anything longer during the process. I did a lot of thinking, and eventually decided not to launch into the series with a pre-prepared conception. I’m not good at planning months in advance, there’s no guarantee that what interests me in October will still interest me in February, and I didn’t want to get bored of the whole thing. Instead I left myself plenty of wiggle room so I could always work with whatever I was obsessing over at the time. And besides, thinking

lecture 406 readings
thumb 1 comment
2
reactions

You cannot read any more publications this month without being logged in.


To enjoy unlimited access and take full advantage of new features, log in or create an account by clicking below. It's free! Log in

Comment (1)

You must be logged in to comment Sign in
Andras verif

Andras Varga 2 years ago

Important article. In the usual discussions it seems that majority of the public is not aware (or always forgetting) the collaborative nature of books or even movies.

Are you enjoying reading on Panodyssey?
Support their independent writers!

Prolong your journey in this universe Culture
La muse endormie
La muse endormie

Jeudi matin, alors que le chaos battait son plein dans ma tête, je sortais de chez moi sans réel b...

Louise D'ivernois
10 min
"Rencontre avec Joe Black"
"Rencontre avec Joe Black"

Cette rencontre avec Joe Black, c’est aussi la rencontre avec un être totalement immature à bien des niveaux ; touchant, com...

Al De Leerey
2 min
Et puis parfois, ça coince
Et puis parfois, ça coince

J'entame l'écriture de ma 77e nouvelle destinée à un concours (pour une mise en perspective, j'ai commencé à m'intéresser au...

Frédéric Polizine
1 min
Quel est le sens de l'écriture ?
Quel est le sens de l'écriture ?

Nous pourrions considérer l’acte même de l’écriture comme une contrainte, une manière imparfaite de transposer la pensée in...

Matteo
3 min
Pardon
Pardon

Un mot d'un dictionnaire, ma définition, votre sourire, ma joiePèlerinage chrétien initialement...

Bernard Ducosson
1 min

donate You can support your favorite writers

promo

Download the Panodyssey mobile app