Russky: By being careful about outlining when i am writing a chapter, it allows my the creative, imaginative, dream like side of the brain to take over. And so by deciding all that stuff in advance, i can enter the scene and really write it from the perspective of poetry rather than fillian blanks. There's a new book i called the method, which is about stanislovsky and modern acting. A, it was very russian. Ah, but part of what you're talking about is, you inhabiting the main character's head. Count rostov is the main character. My personality doesn't tend to get shaped by my characters, nor do my
Author Amor Towles talks about his book, A Gentleman in Moscow, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Along the way they discuss the craft of writing, the wellsprings of persistence, and Towles's reading habits.