His Writing Techniques

[bekah]

Even I see the development process more clearly.   Thanks.   :-)

Bekah


At 6:15 AM -0700 4/1/07, Mark Kohut wrote:
>Dave,
>
>I really likee learning this. Yes, somehow his 'layering' technique 
>all feeds into
>this masterwork, ATD, I think too.
>
>And we can see partly what it means for GR (and others) 
>IMHO....scene in mind, then the filling in of details...
>
>MK
>
>Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>... he was extremely exacting about his writing
>techniques: "You know, Bruce, those high school
>biology texts with centerfold transparencies, first
>the skeleton, and then the muscles ... well this is
>the technique I use for writing." Don't ask me to
>explain that statement, other than the reference to
>the layers. It also sounds almost like the way a wafer
>(silicon chip) is made: layer upon layer and each
>layer with encoded metallurgic pathways that spell out
>"yes" and "no" according to how the electrons interact
>on the subatomic level. (Forgive me. I am not a
>scientist or an electrical engineer...so...just a
>picture here of how Ervin set words down layer upon
>layer, transparency upon transparency.) ...
>
>http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_biography.html
>
>
>
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