Tell me a story
I love books, writing and the written word. The whole process of writing a book fascinates me. That's why I find this post by Neil Gaiman so interesting. (If you end up checking out the post, be sure to read the labels, they're funny!)He's apparently in the middle of writing a new book (yay!)and has uploaded some pictures of what his notebook looks like. Granted the post is in response to a question about page numbering, which in an of itself is interesting, but I'm more drawn to the pictures of the beautiful notebook and the written word. It's so intriguing because it's a book in it's rawest form, in a way it's like seeing a journal or diary; pure & raw. I also think to myself that it would be amazing to own something like that, and can really only imagine how much it would cost. (I assume it would cost whatever someone was willing to pay for it, because really how can you put an actual price on something like that?) The whole process is amazing and I have the utmost respect for writers. Being able to take an idea or thought and translate it to words that create a story is amazing to me.
It seems as though a lot of writers choose to actually sit down with a pen and paper and write their books. Neal Stephenson did that with the Baroque Cycles, which is beyond amazing as each one of those books is close to (if not more than) 1000 pages. I can only imagine how many written pages that would be, how many notebooks much have been filled, how cramped his hand must have become. I remember when we saw him do a little reading at UW when Quicksilver first came out, he talked about how it was actually easier to write with a pen and paper because he was able to take more time and elaborate on his thoughts without rushing through as he probably would have if he were just typing away on a keyboard.
All in all the process of writing a book is a very interesting one. Each author has his own way of doing things and that's part of what's so interesting. Of course I'm looking forward to Neil Gaiman's new book, and hope that he will do a little reading tour in support of it. Hopefully he'll make it back to Seattle.
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