I wonder what you think about a fancy pants writer like Thomas Pynchon who took seventeen years to write another novel after Gravity's Rainbow. What was he doing? Probably living off of a substantial amount of money, but you'd think an acclaimed writer would have the itch more often.
Terrific essay today. I taught writing for a few decades at American University. I used to tell students the story of a friend whose father was a long haul trucker. Never once, my friend said of his dad, did he experience "truck driver's block." (Eager to read the new book -- I'll have my eye out for it.)
I wonder what you think about a fancy pants writer like Thomas Pynchon who took seventeen years to write another novel after Gravity's Rainbow. What was he doing? Probably living off of a substantial amount of money, but you'd think an acclaimed writer would have the itch more often.
Yeah ... but it's also possible it just takes that much time to write something that brilliant? (I'm asking. I don't know how to write slowly!)
Terrific essay today. I taught writing for a few decades at American University. I used to tell students the story of a friend whose father was a long haul trucker. Never once, my friend said of his dad, did he experience "truck driver's block." (Eager to read the new book -- I'll have my eye out for it.)
Ha, thanks. Though sometimes when I'm behind a particularly sleepy trucker on the highway ... I worry they might have some truck driver's block!