Comments on: Ed Greenwood: Day 3 http://jrobertking.com/2010/02/ed-greenwood-day-3/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Curtis http://jrobertking.com/2010/02/ed-greenwood-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Curtis Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:57:17 +0000 http://jrobertking.com/?p=267#comment-736 Chronicles of Narnia I'm going to guess. And, I figured Heinlein would be in the mix somewhere. A tad on the cynical side. But, still he filled a need in my young and rowdy days. LOL I would welcome the different things you learned from each. Maybe more than one blog topic. You also sound like a person who has run across G.K. Chesterton. Chronicles of Narnia I’m going to guess. And, I figured Heinlein would be in the mix somewhere. A tad on the cynical side. But, still he filled a need in my young and rowdy days. LOL

I would welcome the different things you learned from each. Maybe more than one blog topic. You also sound like a person who has run across G.K. Chesterton.

]]> By: admin http://jrobertking.com/2010/02/ed-greenwood-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-735 admin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:42:50 +0000 http://jrobertking.com/?p=267#comment-735 Speaking for myself--J. Robert King-- I think you are absolutely right about economy of language. When I first started writing, I was so in love with words that I piled them up needlessly. They became a barrier that obscured my subject. As I've progressed, I've learned to cut writing back to its essentials so that the words that remain become a lens that focuses attention on the subject. As a result, I routinely cut ten to fifteen percent of my first draft before turning it in. Those extra words were me trying to figure out what I was saying, just as you suggest. Removing them makes the words that remain much more confident and powerful. As to the authors that have inspired me, well, aside from Tolkien and Lewis, they have mostly been Americans--Vonnegut, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Cather, Hemingway, and Faulkner. I've learned different things from each of them--perhaps the topic for a future blog! Speaking for myself–J. Robert King–

I think you are absolutely right about economy of language. When I first started writing, I was so in love with words that I piled them up needlessly. They became a barrier that obscured my subject. As I’ve progressed, I’ve learned to cut writing back to its essentials so that the words that remain become a lens that focuses attention on the subject.

As a result, I routinely cut ten to fifteen percent of my first draft before turning it in. Those extra words were me trying to figure out what I was saying, just as you suggest. Removing them makes the words that remain much more confident and powerful.

As to the authors that have inspired me, well, aside from Tolkien and Lewis, they have mostly been Americans–Vonnegut, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Cather, Hemingway, and Faulkner. I’ve learned different things from each of them–perhaps the topic for a future blog!

]]> By: Curtis http://jrobertking.com/2010/02/ed-greenwood-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Curtis Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:11:53 +0000 http://jrobertking.com/?p=267#comment-733 I am enjoying this series. You have a wonderful economy of style. Correct me if I am wrong or just goofy. But, I think that economy comes from knowing what you want to say. I have a feeling that wordy authors are so because they are hunting for what they want to say while they write. It's like they practice on their reader. I have to ask about writers who influenced you? I am enjoying this series. You have a wonderful economy of style. Correct me if I am wrong or just goofy. But, I think that economy comes from knowing what you want to say. I have a feeling that wordy authors are so because they are hunting for what they want to say while they write. It’s like they practice on their reader.

I have to ask about writers who influenced you?

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