Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:50 am
dlbpharmd wrote:Nothing will fix Lucimay's problems.
For what it's worth, I woulda made Ananda's suggestion too.
--A
For what it's worth, I woulda made Ananda's suggestion too.
--A
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For what it's worth, I woulda made Ananda's suggestion too.
--A
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:57 pm
I have often stated, how can we imagine that Covenant’s story will end other than triumphantly?
So I really liked this part. Spoilerized since it is about Final Dark.
So I really liked this part. Spoilerized since it is about Final Dark.
Spoiler
(Question 6) ... And I want to remind you that this is a Donaldson novel. You know what they are like.
[laughter]
Now, one thing I mean by that is, we don't end up in the abyss. I don't write because I want to live in the abyss. I write because, among other things, I want to believe that you can look at the abyss and still survive. So, I make my characters look into the abyss. But, it wouldn't make me feel alive if everything ended up dead.
You know ... it's a Donaldson novel! There aren't many things where characters suffer as much as they do in the Gap. You know, I put my characters on a rack and I tighten the screws for like a million and a half words. But look where they all came out! I'm terribly proud of where they all came out, because I think they earned it. You know, it wasn't plot machinery, it wasn't the author puppet-mastering, making people do what he wants them to do so that he can have a tidy ending. I think they earned what they got. And I'm hoping the same is going to be true for this last book. I'm certainly aiming for that.
I've said this to the gradual interview before, too. You guys know me in this respect. If I haven't earned your trust as a story teller by now, what are you doing here?
[laughter]
And if I have, there's really no need to worry.
[laughter]
Now, one thing I mean by that is, we don't end up in the abyss. I don't write because I want to live in the abyss. I write because, among other things, I want to believe that you can look at the abyss and still survive. So, I make my characters look into the abyss. But, it wouldn't make me feel alive if everything ended up dead.
You know ... it's a Donaldson novel! There aren't many things where characters suffer as much as they do in the Gap. You know, I put my characters on a rack and I tighten the screws for like a million and a half words. But look where they all came out! I'm terribly proud of where they all came out, because I think they earned it. You know, it wasn't plot machinery, it wasn't the author puppet-mastering, making people do what he wants them to do so that he can have a tidy ending. I think they earned what they got. And I'm hoping the same is going to be true for this last book. I'm certainly aiming for that.
I've said this to the gradual interview before, too. You guys know me in this respect. If I haven't earned your trust as a story teller by now, what are you doing here?
[laughter]
And if I have, there's really no need to worry.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:31 pm
I loved that part as well, WF. It made me feel on sounder footing in all the places, in various ways, I've been arguing about the "last dark" title and all the related. Many things are bloody evil/deadly...but that doesn't mean the purpose/end is...at the same time, it doesn't make the past ugliness something as meaningless as "collateral damage."
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:14 pm
Love that Q&A also. I really wish I had been there!
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:10 am
Glad you guys could hear it...I've been terribly worried about the overall sound quality... *small whew*