In workshopping short stories I learned how to get character down, and how to work with ratios of literal to fantastic to make a world that people can believe in even if it's a little wild or out there.

  • -- Karen Russell 卡伦·拉塞尔

在工作购物的短篇小说中,我学会了如何塑造人物性格,以及如何运用文字与幻想的比例,来创造一个人们可以相信的世界,即使这个世界有点狂野或狂野。

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I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.

我喜欢情节犀利的书。这并不是说主角在最后会有所不同。我不希望我的主角在最后有所不同。我仍然希望他忠于自己的想法,坚定、真实、忠诚。

We're all sons and daughters of God, and therefore in a very literal sense, brothers and sisters. And we ought to treat each other that way.

我们都是上帝的儿女,因此从字面上来说,我们是兄弟姐妹。我们应该这样对待彼此。

I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.

我的父母都很文笔,我想用隐喻和艺术来生存,这让我感到非常羞愧。

You can perform all kind of characters but you cannot change what people feel for you.

你可以扮演各种各样的角色,但你无法改变人们对你的感觉。