Monday, November 23, 2009

Writers on how they write: Anne Rice

The Wall Street Journal had a great article a few weeks back: "How to Write a Great Novel", reflections by novelists on how they approach writing. Since the article is subscription only, I'm featuring one writer per day here, highlighting their process with a key excerpt from the article.

Today's writer is Anne Rice whose books include "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat."
She sets her font to 14 point Courier and double spaces the text on her 30-inch Mac computer monitor so that her field of vision is filled with words. "I find the bigger the monitor, the better the concentration," says Ms. Rice, who is writing the third book in her trilogy about angels. She edits her work continuously, down to tiny copy-editing changes at the end. "Even after you've done all that, somebody out there will find a typo and think you're a slob," she says.
"...her field of vision is filled with words." What do you do to immerse yourself in your story world?

1 comments:

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