Ripley" at an idyllic Lenox, Mass., cottage, that her comfortable lodgings were spoiling her book. The best war story in the book concerns her discovery, 75 pages into writing "The Talented Mr. Highsmith sets aside the most space for her account of writing an obscure novel called "The Glass Cell," with several pages devoted to a not very digestible digest of the plot. If they wish to avoid creative paralysis, aspiring authors who write lovely pastoral intros should probably skip the part where she advises, "I prefer a first sentence in which something moves and gives action, rather than a sentence like: 'The moonlight lay still and liquid on the pale beach.' "ģ. Highsmith's unafraid of her own crotchets, and uncareful writers may wind up sharing them. Such recommendations as "Problems in writing can come unknotted in a miraculous way after a nap" apply equally well to verse or playwriting as to suspense fiction, though for deadline journalism this one may pose logistical obstacles.Ģ. Highsmith does this with the best of them, opening her last chapter by saying that "much of what I have said applies to writing in general, the writing of fiction at least." She's not wrong. Maximize your readership by trying to be all things to all people.
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