Category: Zadie Smith

Alice Munro, David Foster Wallace, Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Saunders, Haruki Murukami, Raymond Carver, Short Stories, Writers Resources, Zadie Smith

35 Beautiful and Insightful Quotes about Short Stories

                                     I. “In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter.” – Annie Proulx II. “A good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our … Continue reading 35 Beautiful and Insightful Quotes about Short Stories

Crafting a Novel, macro planner, micro manager, novel, Plot, Uncategorized, Writing, Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith on Macro Planners and Micro Managers as Writers

To continue with Zadie Smith's words on writing, I'd like to look at her breakdown of writers into two categories. They are a little over-simplistic but give a good idea of how differently people plan their writing. Macro Planners You will recognise a Macro Planner from his Post-its and notebooks. A Macro Planner organises material, … Continue reading Zadie Smith on Macro Planners and Micro Managers as Writers

Characters, magical thinking, novel, poetry, Sentence Structure and Grammar, Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith – Middle-of-the-Novel Magical Thinking

This video was filmed at the New York Public Library. Author Zadie Smith begins with this quote: 'In the middle of a novel, a kind of magical thinking takes over. To clarify, the middle of the novel may not happen in the actual geographical centre of the novel. By middle of the novel I mean … Continue reading Zadie Smith – Middle-of-the-Novel Magical Thinking