Read Like A Writer

There are two ways to learn how to write fiction: by reading it and by writing it. Yes, you can learn lots about writing stories in workshops, in writing classes and writing groups, at writers' conferences. You can learn technique and process by reading the dozens of books like this one on fiction writing and by reading articles in writers' magazines. But the best teachers of fiction are the great works of fiction themselves. You can learn more about the structure of a short story by reading Anton Chekhov's 'Heartache' than you can in a semester of Creative Writing 101. If you read like a writer, that is, which means you have to read everything twice, at least. When you read a story or novel the first time, just let it happen. Enjoy the journey. When you've finished, you know where the story took you, and now you can go back and reread, and this time notice how the writer reached that destination. Notice the choices he made at each chapter, each sentence, each word. (Every word is a choice.) You see now how the transitions work, how a character gets across a room. All this time you're learning. You loved the central character in the story, and now you can see how the writer presented the character and rendered her worthy of your love and attention. The first reading is creative—you collaborate with the writer in making the story. The second reading is critical.


John Dufresne, from his book, The Lie That Tells A Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction

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Monday, April 11, 2022

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence

 

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence

Lady Chatterley’s Lover 

 

by D. H. Lawrence


Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a novel by English writer D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1928. The book was the subject of an obscenity trial in the 1960's when Penguin Books were taken to court over it's publication - a case which they won and which led to the book finally being released to the British public. Prior to this, it had only been published in France and Italy. It was considered obscene due to it's explicit descriptions of sex, and liberal use of swear words - it was also notorious for it's depiction of a love affair between an upper-class woman and a working-class man.

It is the story of Constance Reid (Lady Chatterley), her husband Sir Clifford Chatterley, and her lover, the gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. Married to Sir Clifford, Constance finds herself feeling trapped. Her husband is paralysed from the waist down, and his limitations lead him to emotionally neglect his wife. Luckily for her the young gamekeeper of the estate, Mellors, is there to help release this frustration.

During the obscenity trial, the prosecution were ridiculed for being out of touch. At the start of what was to become the swinging sixties, the chief prosecutor asked the jury to decide if Lady Chatterley’s Lover was the kind of book 'you would wish your wife or servants to read'.

 

About the Author

D. H. Lawrence 1929

 David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. Lawrence's writing explores issues such as sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. His novels include Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Wikipedia


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