普利策獎得主、斯坦福大學(xué)教授 Richard Powers：如何讓你的寫作充滿生命力？

嘉賓介紹：

Richard Powers 是普利策獎得主，其作品The Overstory 是近十年來最受贊譽的小說之一。

他的作品絕對充滿了生命力。但Richard最令人印象深刻的技藝是他筆下人物的性格發(fā)展。我們所說的絕不是你在英語課上讀到的那些呆板的角色哦。

他是當(dāng)今最優(yōu)秀的小說家之一。這次采訪是對他寫作過程的詳細(xì)介紹，靈感來自他曾經(jīng)在斯坦福教授的課程。Richard在訪談中，分享了他40多年來書寫14部小說的私房心得，為我們揭秘如何寫出讓讀者難以忘懷的角色！

Richard Powers 的分享要點：  

1. When you're sure what you're looking at, look harder.  

2. There are ultimately only three kinds of novels: (1) Person vs. person, (2) person vs. society, and (3) person vs. environment.   

3. Person vs. Person: This is the psychological novel.  

4. Person vs. Society: This is the sociological novel.  

5. Person vs. Environment: This type of novel has gone out of style, and Richard is bringing it back.   

6. Clear out the clutter in your life so you can focus on your writing. The fewer complications you have, the more rich and textured your creative process can become.   

7. The best writing advice he's ever received? “Keep your petri dishes open.” Don't tie down your plans or outlines too tightly.  

8. There are two kinds of writers: Top-Down and Bottom Up.   

9. Top-Down writers: Start with the theme and the formal shape that'll drive the story.  

10. Bottom-Up writers: Start with people, faces, voices, and local events… then gravitate toward the design of the book.  

11. How do you create compelling characters? Push them to the wall. Make them choose between their top two core values.   

12. English speakers are innately bilingual because they can use Latin-inspired words and Anglo-Saxon ones. 

13. Editing is the art of excavating what your subconscious mind already knows.  

14. When writing dialogue, read it out loud to yourself. That's how readers will read it, too. They'll subvocalize.   

15. For years, Richard wrote and wrote and wouldn't leave the computer until he had 1,000 words on the page.   

16. “If you would learn the secrets of nature, you must practice more humanity.”  

17. “The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”  

Richard覺得，“我們常會有這樣一種感覺，結(jié)構(gòu)化不利于抒發(fā)情感，體系化不利于突顯個體；一本書或是反應(yīng)心靈，或是關(guān)乎理性。而我的愿望是能寫出一些更像我們的，有機統(tǒng)一的東西。”

我把完整視頻看了幾次，在引導(dǎo)孩子寫作方面還是有些啟發(fā)的。需要視頻的花友可以添加小石榴麻麻的微信（17766056153），我會分享給你~