'The Echo Maker' dictated

[Ya Sam]

You wrote most of The Echo Maker on a tablet PC running voice recognition 
software. How did you arrive at that method of composition?

I’ve always wanted the freedom to be completely disembodied when I’m 
writing, to feel as if I’m in a pure compositional state. Typing is a highly 
unnatural activity, and your writing style ends up reflecting the cognitive 
shackles. When I started to use the tablet, things that are extremely 
difficult to do on a word processor opened up to me. I could also make 
drawings to see what a character looked like, and these sketches would be 
integrated into my research. Part of the mystery of The Echo Maker hinges 
upon what happened on a certain stretch of road on the night of the 
accident. I figured that out visually by drawing the scene over and over and 
seeing how all the elements moved in relationship to one another.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/play.html?pg=6

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