"Patrick Ness es un escritor increíblemente loco."
- John Green
Eso. Eso me encantó. Porque uno podría describir a un escritor de muchas maneras. Uno puede decir que Tahereh Mafi es una escritora increíblemente poética; que J.K. Rowling es una escritora increíblemente mágica o que Stephen King es un escritor increíblemente aterrador, o cualquier adjetivo que se desee usar antes de la palabra "increíblemente". Pero la palabra usada para describir a Patrick Ness es "loco". Y eso es espectacular.
Todo el mundo habla del demente Patrick Ness últimamente, ¿no? Yo ya había leído su trilogía "Chaos Walking" (ver reseña aquí), en parte para entender por qué la gente habla tanto de él y, después de leerla, entendí por qué la gente lo ama. Pero, después de leer su obra maestra "Un Monstruo Viene a Verme", me convertí en una de esas personas.
Pero creo que fue algo más que su libro lo que me hizo amarlo. Fue la parte humana de Patrick Ness. Fue la "NOTA DEL AUTOR" al principio del libro.
Comencemos con el hecho de que la idea de este libro no es suya, sino de una mujer llamada Siobhan Dowd. Y esta "NOTA DEL AUTOR" decía lo siguiente:
"No llegué a conocer en persona a Siobhan Dowd. Solo la conozco como la conoceréis la mayoría de vosotros: a través de sus extraordinarios libros. Cuatro novelas para jóvenes llenas de
fuerza, dos de ellas publicadas en vida, dos después de su temprana muerte. Si no las habéis leído, poned remedio a ese descuido inmediatamente.
Este habría sido su quinto libro. Tenía los personajes, una premisa y un
inicio. Lo que no tenía, desgraciadamente, era tiempo.
Cuando me preguntaron si estaría dispuesto a convertir su trabajo en un
libro, dudé. Lo que no quería —lo que no podía hacer— era escribir una
novela imitando su voz. Eso habría sido hacerle un flaco favor a ella, al lector, y
sobre todo a la historia. No creo que la buena escritura pueda funcionar así.
Pero lo que tienen las buenas ideas es que generan otras ideas. Casi antes de
que pudiera evitarlo, las ideas de Siobhan me sugirieron otras nuevas, y empecé a sentir ese deseo que todo escritor ansía: el deseo de juntar palabras, el deseo de contar una historia.
Sentí —y siento— que me habían cedido un testigo, como si una escritora
especialmente dotada me hubiera dado su historia y me hubiera dicho:
«Adelante. Corre con ella. Métete en líos». Y eso fue lo que intenté hacer. A lo largo del camino tuve una única directriz: escribir un libro que a mi parecer a Siobhan le habría gustado. Ningún otro criterio importaba realmente.
Y ahora ha llegado el momento de pasarte el testigo. Las historias no terminan con los escritores, aun cuando sean muchos los que tomen la salida. Aquí tienes lo que se nos ocurrió a Siobhan y a mí. Así que, adelante. Corre con ello.
Métete en líos."
PATRICK NESS
Esa es una de las mejoras cosas que he leído en mi vida. Todos los lectores soñamos con ver esa parte de nuestros escritores favoritos, ¿o no? Soñamos con ver que les costó escribir semejantes obras y que también lucharon para ser lo que son. Soñamos con ver que empezaron de cero. Que son humanos. Pero, desafortunadamente, no se nos suele permitir ver esas partes, así que no nos queda otra que asumir que son ciertas.
Patrick Ness nos muestra eso en esta nota.
Cuando leí esto, pensé: "Sí, eso es Patrick Ness. Eso. Vos lo entendés. Eso es lo que quería oír.". Y le dije a Patrick Ness y a su libro: "Está bien. Sí. Tienes toda mi atención. Cuéntame esta historia."
Pero esta entrada no es para expresarles lo que esta nota significa ni redactarla en términos simples, sino simplemente compartirla con ustedes. Léanla y, cuando la hayan leído, léanla otra vez. Saboréenla porque eso es escribir. Eso es todo lo que un escritor o un soñador quiere oír.
~Writer♥.
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"Patrick Ness is an insanely beautiful writer."
- John Green
That. I loved that. Because one can describe a writer in many different ways. For example, you can say Tahereh is a talented, beautiful writer; or that J.K. Rowling is a magical, beautiful writer; or that Stephen King is a phsychotic, beautiful writer, or whatever adjective you wish to use before the word "beautiful". But the word used to describePatrick Ness is "insane". And that's amazing.
Everyone's talking about the crazy Patrick Ness lately, aren't they? I read his trilogy, "Chaos Walking" (see review here), to understand why people loved him so much, and I got it. But after reading "A Monster Calls", I became one of those people who love him.
But there was something else, soemthing that was "the thing". It was "THE AUTHOR'S NOTE" at the beginning of the book. THAT was it.
Let's begin with the fact that the story idea isn't Patrick Ness', but Siobhan Dowd's. And this "AUTHOR'S NOTE" said:
"I never got to meet Siobhan Dowd. I only know her the way that most of the rest of you will – through her superb books. Four electric young adult novels, two published in her lifetime, two after her too-early death. If you haven’t read them, remedy that oversight immediately.
This would have been her fifth book. She had the characters, a premise, and a beginning. What she didn’t have, unfortunately, was time.
When I was asked if I would consider turning her work into a book, I hesitated. What I wouldn’t do – what I couldn’t do – was write a novel mimicking her voice. That would have been a disservice to her, to the reader, and most importantly to the story. I don’t think good writing can possibly work that way.
But the thing about good ideas is that they grow other ideas. Almost before I could help it, Siobhan’s ideas were suggesting new ones to me, and I began to feel that itch that every writer longs for: the itch to start getting words down, the itch to tell a story.
I felt – and feel – as if I’ve been handed a baton, like a particularly fine writer has given me her story and said, “Go. Run with it. Make trouble.” So that’s what I tried to do. Along the way, I had only a single guideline: to write a book I think Siobhan would have liked. No other criteria could really matter.
And now it’s time to hand the baton on to you. Stories don’t end with the writers, however many started the race. Here’s what Siobhan and I came up with. So go. Run with it.
Make trouble."
PATRICK NESS
This is one of the best and most meaningful things I've ever read. Every reader dreams with this part of his/her favorite authors, right? With their HUMAN part. We dream with seeing it was hard to write such novels and they also fought to be where they are now. We dream with seeing they started from Day 1 too. But unfortunately we don't always get to see that, so we just assume it. BUT PATRIC NESS ALLOWS US THAT DREAM IN HIS NOTE.
When I read this, I thought: "Yes, that's it, Patrick Ness. THAT. You get it That's what I wanted to hear.". And I told Patrick Ness and his book: "Alright. Yes. You've got all my attention. Tell me a story."
But this post isn't for me to reflect about it or put it all in simple terms, but just to SHARE IT WITH YOU. Read it and, when you've already read it, read it again. Taste it because that's writing. It's everything an amateur writer or a dreamer want to hear.
"Patrick Ness is an insanely beautiful writer."
- John Green
That. I loved that. Because one can describe a writer in many different ways. For example, you can say Tahereh is a talented, beautiful writer; or that J.K. Rowling is a magical, beautiful writer; or that Stephen King is a phsychotic, beautiful writer, or whatever adjective you wish to use before the word "beautiful". But the word used to describePatrick Ness is "insane". And that's amazing.
Everyone's talking about the crazy Patrick Ness lately, aren't they? I read his trilogy, "Chaos Walking" (see review here), to understand why people loved him so much, and I got it. But after reading "A Monster Calls", I became one of those people who love him.
But there was something else, soemthing that was "the thing". It was "THE AUTHOR'S NOTE" at the beginning of the book. THAT was it.
Let's begin with the fact that the story idea isn't Patrick Ness', but Siobhan Dowd's. And this "AUTHOR'S NOTE" said:
"I never got to meet Siobhan Dowd. I only know her the way that most of the rest of you will – through her superb books. Four electric young adult novels, two published in her lifetime, two after her too-early death. If you haven’t read them, remedy that oversight immediately.
This would have been her fifth book. She had the characters, a premise, and a beginning. What she didn’t have, unfortunately, was time.
When I was asked if I would consider turning her work into a book, I hesitated. What I wouldn’t do – what I couldn’t do – was write a novel mimicking her voice. That would have been a disservice to her, to the reader, and most importantly to the story. I don’t think good writing can possibly work that way.
But the thing about good ideas is that they grow other ideas. Almost before I could help it, Siobhan’s ideas were suggesting new ones to me, and I began to feel that itch that every writer longs for: the itch to start getting words down, the itch to tell a story.
I felt – and feel – as if I’ve been handed a baton, like a particularly fine writer has given me her story and said, “Go. Run with it. Make trouble.” So that’s what I tried to do. Along the way, I had only a single guideline: to write a book I think Siobhan would have liked. No other criteria could really matter.
And now it’s time to hand the baton on to you. Stories don’t end with the writers, however many started the race. Here’s what Siobhan and I came up with. So go. Run with it.
Make trouble."
PATRICK NESS
This is one of the best and most meaningful things I've ever read. Every reader dreams with this part of his/her favorite authors, right? With their HUMAN part. We dream with seeing it was hard to write such novels and they also fought to be where they are now. We dream with seeing they started from Day 1 too. But unfortunately we don't always get to see that, so we just assume it. BUT PATRIC NESS ALLOWS US THAT DREAM IN HIS NOTE.
When I read this, I thought: "Yes, that's it, Patrick Ness. THAT. You get it That's what I wanted to hear.". And I told Patrick Ness and his book: "Alright. Yes. You've got all my attention. Tell me a story."
But this post isn't for me to reflect about it or put it all in simple terms, but just to SHARE IT WITH YOU. Read it and, when you've already read it, read it again. Taste it because that's writing. It's everything an amateur writer or a dreamer want to hear.
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