The journals of Susan Sontag have just been published. Here is one journal entry by late Susan Sontag. This was written when she was all of twenty eight years old:<\/p>\n
\nThe writer must be four people:<\/p>\n
1) the nut, the obsédé<\/p>\n
2) the moron<\/p>\n
3) the stylist<\/p>\n
4) the critic<\/p>\n
1) supplies the material<\/p>\n
2) lets it come out<\/p>\n
3) is taste<\/p>\n
4) is intelligence<\/p>\n
a great writer has all 4 — but you can still be a good writer with only 1) and 2); they’re most important.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The more I think about Sontag’s NMSC (numostic?) model of writing, the more sense it makes. In fact I would say that the fundamental principles she outlines here apply to many forms of creative expression. Tomorrow I’m going to expand on this theme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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