The toughest part of the whole process is going from
the outline to the first draft.
When you are writing the outline you can do anything
from changing the gender of a character to resetting the whole thing in Egypt.
You are all-powerful. After you have made those decisions, you come to the
stage where each sentence in our outline has to be turned into four or five
pages of prose. This is where the real imaginative work comes in. You have to
take your ideas and you have to walk people in and out of the room, you have to
describe the room and the clothes they are wearing and you have to make the
reader share their anxieties, hopes, triumphs and their romantic feelings.
Ken Follett
(June 5, 1949)
Curious facts about:
He was prohibited from watching television or movies
as a child and spent much of his time reading.
He went on to study philosophy at University College
London in the late 1960s. His
interest
in philosophy stemmed from the agonizing conflict he had over whether or not he
believed in his parents' religion. In the end, he completely rejected it. He ended
up being the absolute opposite of his parents.
A Welsh author, he is best known for writing popular
thrillers such as Eye of the Needle, Fall of Giants, The Key to Rebecca, Lie
Down with Lions, and World Without End. Many of his New York Times bestselling
novels have been adapted into films.
A very interesting author and thanks for highlighting him, Carmen. i find it interesting he wasn't allowed TV as a child and I suspect that left his imagination to develop more powerfully.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is for the better. When I was a child there was no television here and as such my favorite pastime was reading, reading and reading!
DeleteA great writer, in my opinion. I so much enjoyed Eye of the Needle, the first book I read.
Oh, I love his stuff. My favorite novel of his is a lesser known one (and I'm drawing a blank on the title right now...drat), but he's a great author to showcase! P.S....sorry for the late response. I'm playing catch-up :)
ReplyDeleteDon't worry! It happens to me, too. Both forgetting the name and being late in response.
DeleteI also read more books written by Follett but Eye of the needle was the first and somehow stayed stuck to my brain!