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The Piggy Bank of Words

The Piggy Bank of Words

Published Jan 6, 2023 Updated Jan 6, 2023 Culture
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The Piggy Bank of Words

Workshop Diary 4

Translator: Austin Wagner

 

Storytelling without words has always captivated me. Sometimes I spend entire days looking for the right words, the ones that that fit the atmosphere, style, or age of my story or its characters. Then once I’ve found them, a spend another however-many days getting them in the proper order – even on the last read-through I keep shoving them around, swapping them out so they’ll more precisely convey what I want to say. Of course it’s never enough. I could easily continue the word smithing well after the book has come off the printer.

And then along come others, daring to tell their stories without words. Even years later, my stomach still twists into knots when I think of them. The audacity! How fascinating! I can’t get enough.

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