TLDR: Real life and real people are ambiguous. If you want your writing to be realistic, be strategic about how you employ ambiguity. We want to breathe life onto the page, make the unreal seem real. In an effort to do so, we often rely on explicit descriptions, leaving no detail to be confused and… Read More BE AMBIGUOUS
Note: The first part can be found here In the world of Murakami, abstract connection and synchronicity are even present at the prose level. Take, for example, the following sentence from The Wind Up Bird Chronicle: “I felt a chill for no reason, then an unpleasant sensation as if something far away were moving slowly… Read More THE LANGUAGE OF DREAMS II
How to Scrap the Outline: Haruki Murakami & Synchronicity Haruki Murakami plot points interlock with meaningful coincidences, bridging the gap between conscious and subconscious. He has gone on record to say that he doesn’t outline any of this. “When I start to write, I don’t have any plan at all. I just wait for the… Read More THE LANGUAGE OF DREAMS I
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