In his second This Writing Life podcast, DBC Pierre talks learning to write by remembering what he has read. For dialogue, he looked to Len Deighton.
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After a discussion of how written speech differs from spoken speech, he moved towards:
- tell vs show: writing dialogue in Vernon God Little
- is Pierre an instinctive writer?
- 'I am going to speak differently to you than I will to the Queen or a child or an enemy'
- how flamenco on late night Spanish television helped Pierre find his voice in Release the Bats
- 'rocket fuel': Pierre's enthusiasm for writing and writers
- what stops Pierre writing?
- dog racing, writers and nature
- 'I am the black sheep in the family. It is my job to have lots of promise and not to fulfil it.'
- Pierre's father and family hierarchy
- did Pierre worry that analysing the creative process might wreck the creative process?
- Pierre on 'the century of neuropsychology'
- 'Nothing has changed in human nature in two and half million years'
- 'Our anger and conflict...drive us to write'
- does writing help?
Part three to follow.
