But revision is a creative act, not merely an analytical imposition of rules of style on a more creative first draft. That's a myth - that the first draft is more creative and everything after that is ruining creativity. — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
Even Jack Kerouac, who famously said, "First thought, best thought," benefited from editing. His earliest works are the most edited, and they're the best of his writing. — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
I remember being in the same position as Ruby, when I no longer believed in God as I was raised to believe. But I… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
Not a lot of contemporary fiction is written about brothers and sisters. Salinger's Franny and Zooey was an inspiration for me. In Franny and… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
It's a rare memoir that can tell a story that seems brand new, but Nina Here Nor There does it. This one-of-a-kind narrator undertakes… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
I believe in art, and more fundamentally the freedom to express one's self creatively. People don't know yet what they'll ultimately believe in or… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
But revision is a creative act, not merely an analytical imposition of rules of style on a more creative first draft. That's a myth… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
Living in the world of the workshop, which I do as a teacher, you have to be articulate about craft. And that often involves… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
I have even taught classes on writing about sex, and I've looked closely at different writers' sex scenes. On the level of craft I've… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
Knowing that we'd meet Ruby at the point where she stopped believing, I knew I was also going to have to deal with what… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
A knowledge of craft is not the enemy of creativity. You sit down to write and realize, today's going to be a really unconscious… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
I am always interested in characters who are in these kinds of transitional moments in their lives, when it's not clear where they're going… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
It's about transitioning from adolescence, when you live together with parents and see each other every day, to the era when you don't live… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
Even Jack Kerouac, who famously said, "First thought, best thought," benefited from editing. His earliest works are the most edited, and they're the best… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
