tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post8040960074800565367..comments2023-10-23T15:28:20.754+01:00Comments on Wendy Robertson Life Twice Tasted: Endgame: The Eight Day NovelWendy Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-48728416704469184472012-04-15T17:24:34.937+01:002012-04-15T17:24:34.937+01:00Thank you Avril. I love your phrase 'Life out...Thank you Avril. I love your phrase 'Life outside the words.' That's new! Permission to use it? wxWendy Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532817003318632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501702437500544780.post-6984081511368529022012-04-15T12:59:33.498+01:002012-04-15T12:59:33.498+01:00A fascinating glimpse of the novelist at work Wend...A fascinating glimpse of the novelist at work Wendy. First the kaleidoscope built and shaken and who really knows what's there? Certainly not the novelist herself. Next with this mass of pieces, of 'iron filings' work with the magnet begins, to find the'shape and pattern.' Getting away, as you say, can be vital in this process. With distance and nothing else to think of, new insight emerges, new shapes and solutions begin to grow, uniquely in this instance from mapping the novel visually, which you often do Wendy - somehow writing it large - bringing it to life outside of words.We can all learn from this great example. Can't wait to get my first sight of the completed manuscript of AORAvrilhttp://www.avriljoy.comnoreply@blogger.com