Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no … - Bob Shacochis

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I can honestly say that in my time in America, I have not encountered any racism. When Jim Thorpe and I make fun of each other on the range, or even when a white player makes a joke about my color, I take it as what it is-a joke-and give it back accordingly.

Bob Shacochis

Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're doing if that's your strategy.

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With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel, its dignified intonations of our young nation's sweat and tears evocative of the indelible storytelling of Dos Passos, Frank Norris, and Upton Sinclair.

Blood, Depths, Iron, Storytelling, Sweat, Tears

I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure.

Art, Elbows, Glasses, Like, Pieties, Raise

It is no secret that souls sometimes die in a person and are replaced by others.

Replaced, Secret, Sometimes, Soul, Souls

I'm asked all the time, "Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?" And the answer to that is, "No. " It's sort of a loss to stop a 10-year project, which is an imaginary project in the sense that it's a work of my imagination. The people who I've lived with for 10 years in my imagination are now sort of defunct. To lose them is rather a mournful process - it's not a relief.

Answer, Imagination, Loss, People, Process, Stop

The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of that beloved labor down to a few succinct paragraphs that shape the background to your narrative. I love research - that's all the fun, especially in the field. To write, however, is to suffer, and my pieces usually come in thousands of words over the assigned length. That's a serious flaw in my writing process - shaping and disciplining the footlockers of material one has so happily gathered.

Field, Flaw, Fun, Letting Go, Writing