I don't go out very much. I have two teenage daughters and I tend to want to be where they are -- even if where they are is on their way home, or on their way out, or alone behind their bedroom doors. But tonight, I just learned (on twitter) that Tim O'Brian is speaking at the Los Angeles Public Library in honor of the 20th anniversary of The Things They Carried -- and I am not there. I'm bereft. I adore that book. It's one of the best books I've ever read on writing. It is one of my favorite books of all time. So I just jumped onto Tim's website -- and there are so many riches there, and I can't get them into this blog because I have a brand new computer and something isn't working right. How hard can it be to cut and paste? Apparently hard enough...
So I'm not listening to Tim O'Brian and I'm not sharing any of his amazing insights on storytelling from his website and I think it just might be time for bed!
2 comments:
oh, i feel your pain at not being at O'Brien's talk. But please know that you have inspired me to return to his book (which is in my stack) and moved it to the top. In fact, I'm anxious to get up to bed and start reading!!! We just have to walk the dogs first!
I'm sorry you missed Tim O'Brian; that would have been great! I have never read The Things They Carried **hanging my head in shame** But I will head over to O'Brian's web site now to see what wonderful things you were not able to share!
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