http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/the-writer-as-conversationalist fiction matters Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:52:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/the-writer-as-conversationalist/comment-page-1#comment-3152 Paul Dorell Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:17:18 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5153#comment-3152 A lot of what you're saying boils down to whether one is an introvert or an extrovert. In my opinion, the better writers tend to be introverts, who don't mind being alone for hours and enjoy the opportunity to formulate what they wish to say with greater precision than ordinary conversation permits. For these people, the act of writing can be a compensation for the ineptitude they feel in the extrovert-dominated world they inhabit. For example, Vladimir Nabokov disliked interviews because afterwards he felt that he sounded like an idiot. Extroverts, on the other hand, are energized by contact with lots of people and find being alone painful. Some probable introverts: Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, George Eliot, James Joyce. Some probable extroverts: Mark Twain, Dave Eggers, Zadie Smith, Henry Miller. A lot of what you’re saying boils down to whether one is an introvert or an extrovert. In my opinion, the better writers tend to be introverts, who don’t mind being alone for hours and enjoy the opportunity to formulate what they wish to say with greater precision than ordinary conversation permits. For these people, the act of writing can be a compensation for the ineptitude they feel in the extrovert-dominated world they inhabit. For example, Vladimir Nabokov disliked interviews because afterwards he felt that he sounded like an idiot. Extroverts, on the other hand, are energized by contact with lots of people and find being alone painful. Some probable introverts: Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, George Eliot, James Joyce. Some probable extroverts: Mark Twain, Dave Eggers, Zadie Smith, Henry Miller.

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