Ursula Le Guin Answers Questions

[Bodhi]

Since July, 2015:

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, a published and popular SpecFic author over the past decades, has been fielding questions from "serious" writers about the process of creating a novel, being a writer, and more.

If you haven't seen this yet and you are a "writer", you absolutely must find the time to drop by and browse for a bit. It is quite in-depth and just a wonderful opportunity from a "master" of the craft. I don't think she is a perfect writer, or even one of my favorites, but she has a great imagination, she has been prolific over her life, and she has quite the control over the English language.

Here is the link (tell me if this has already been posted):
http://bookviewcafe.com/blog/author/ursulakleguin/

Oh, by the way, questions are closed due to a flood of early questions. People sure got excited to ask one of their personal questions.

 

[KatG]

She's well worth reading -- she has seen pretty much everything in her decades of publishing in SF and is the only "SF Lion" who is a woman.

 

[VictorK]

I'll have to take more time to go through this, because I'm not quite in the mood to really dig in.

But, from the first, and from my own reading of Le Guin, it seems to me the best advice is to just write and have something to contribute. A lot of these authors seem to be massaging their insecurity.

Which, I guess all writers are insecurity. I'm a mere hobbyist and I'm tons insecure. It's amazing among this sea of question askers that you'd think you have something to contribute with your story.

 

[Bodhi]

from the first,

If you read the long-winded cheese blintzes and souffles recipe rant, don't worry, she soon starts answering many questions at one sitting and they are more concrete. They aren't all just metaphor, although she likes that device a lot.

 

[hunt]

She's well worth reading -- she has seen pretty much everything in her decades of publishing in SF and is the only "SF Lion" who is a woman.

I've been reading a lot of her short fiction lately after doing a re-read of the original Earthsea trilogy. Really, really, just a fantastic writer from any angle you want to look at it. Her book on writing, Steering the Craft, is also really good -- I find it much more helpful than some of the more mechanical approaches used in a lot of writing guides & lectures.