“… that country where it is always turning late in the year… whose people are autumn people thinking only autumn thoughts.” He also wrote the screenplay for “Moby Dick”, a few “Twilight Zone” episodes, as well as the Rod Steiger classic “The Illustrated Man”, and the dark fantasy novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes”.īut for me it’s his collection “The October Country” that is my fave. You’ve probably heard of “The Martian Chronicles” or the film made from one of his short stories “The Beast from 20,000 fathoms”. Which brings me to my favourite Ray Bradbury story, “The Emissary”.īradbury wrote tons of gold. But using this kind of word-association game can be a useful way to dodge writer’s block for those afflicted. These days, however, I begin more often than not with an idea. I was amazed to read this, as I did the same thing myself when I began writing in my teens. writing down phrases like “The Skeleton” or “The Jar” and letting the story write itself. However, he also says that he started out writing by simply listing nouns…. I have too many ideas and too little time. a burning idea that just has to be let out. What I really like about Ray Bradbury’s “Zen and the Art of Writing” is that he suggests that authors should only write when they feel a white-hot passion…. Today, I thought I would focus on a short story for a change.
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