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The White CouncilRe: More on magic, LOTR and otherwiseTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: More on magic, LOTR and otherwiseTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by shadowfax on October 15, 1999 at 12:11:58 In Reply to: Re: More on magic, LOTR and otherwise posted by Galadriel on October 15, 1999 at 11:32:01:
: I think most authors begin their books in this fashion. I certainly do. A what if? idea that generates a story. But it's the unexpected twists that give me a sense of the uncanny. When I sit and write, I usually have a rough idea of the major plot events in my head. But the characters and the plot take over. They do and say things I never planned, and all sorts of things happen that I didn't expect. It's like watching a movie. Psychologist would call this Dissociation, analogous to channeling, speaking in tongues, automatic writing, and the like. Fine. It's dissociation. It's what happens while in that state which can give me goose bumps. I'm trying to decide whether to talk about what happened regarding Neofeminism or Mexico. Mexico, I think, since we are a more story oriented board. : I worked on a book of Mexican Ghost stories. They were told to me by a friend of mine, and they are the "this is what happened to my sister or uncle or someone in my family" stories. IOW, they are all "true" if you know what I mean. :-) But my friend is not that articulate, and only gave me threadbare sketches. When I sat down to write, all sorts of details came out -- details that turned out to be true. Details I couldn't possibly have known. Names and descriptions of geological formation that I saw in my imagination. The name and accurate description of the family dog -- he didn't even tell me they HAD a dog. Things I guessed about his family that were secret. There were some pretty spooky moments when he'd become unnerved and say, "How did you know this? I didn't tell you this! I would never talk about something like that!" : I don't ask anyone to believe this. If someone else said these things to me, I most assuredly wouldn't believe them. But we have a saying in the literary world: True Life is stranger than fiction. : Lady G. won't you share the other story with us?
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