Find the Right Rhythm
3rd July 2016 | for Creatives | Colum McCann, creating isn't easy, short stories, novel writing, writing, storytelling, value the art |
"I think a story, when properly told, finds its own natural length. If you try to extend it too much, it just stretches and begins to bore, and if you try to compress it too much, it just fractures. So you just hope that you can find the right rhythm. It's a musical thing. You feel it out, you cut back, you switch things around—until it feels entirely natural. A story should feel easy when of course it's far from easy." (artist)
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