American writer Nicholas Sparks, who is known to the public as a master of writing sentimental prose, recently visited Moscow to present his new novel entitled "Twice Two". In addition to various presentations and communication with fans, Nicholas chose the time and in order to give an interview for the publication HELLO !.
It all started with detectives
The famous writer began his interview by telling about his first books. Here are the words Sparks said:
"Those who know a bit of my biography remember that in my youth I dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion. However, fate decreed otherwise and, after injuring me, I was struck out of the sport for good. To somehow drown the pain of this, I began to write. In fact, I'm a big fan of Stephen King and my first two novels were detectives. As I remember now, I really wanted them to be published, but this did not happen. Only now, I understand that this genre is not mine at all. After some time after the setbacks, it seemed to me then, my ex-wife told me an amazing story that happened to her grandmother. She inspired me so much that I wrote my first love book, which I called The Diary of Memory. Then I was 28 years old. The novel from afar, and I became very popular. After a while, I realized that I needed to write in this genre and wrote another book, and then another. "
Nicholas told about the creative crisis
Over the past 20 years, that Sparks wrote, he published 20 books. Accordingly, the author is working tirelessly. The interviewer, who talked with the famous writer, asked if he had a creative crisis. Here are the words to which Nicholas answered this question:
"You know, I'm a perfectly normal person and accordingly, I have a creative crisis. Moreover, this is a completely normal phenomenon, and when I feel it, I stop working on the book. Of course, I try to correct and correct something, but, as practice shows, this is not worth wasting time, because it does not work out anyway. It's easier to stop work on this book and start writing a new novel. "
A few words about the authors of men
After that, the interviewer decided to ask about how the author-man can write such romantic works, because in the main writers of the love genre are women. Here are some words about this said Sparks:
"In fact, it does not matter who is the author of romance novels. A man, just like a woman, can express his feelings very openly. When I am asked such a question, I very much like to remember Russian literature. You only read such authors as Dostoevsky, Pushkin and many others. They could perfectly express their emotions, describing love passions. Of modern authors, and I want to highlight Joan Rowling. Look how much it is multifaceted! She's great at writing, both novels and detectives. I assure you, the floor does not matter in this matter. "
Nicholas told about the writer's courses
When Sparks was very young and studied at the university in the finance department, then, unexpectedly for everyone, he enrolled in writing courses. Here are what words Nicholas recollects this period in his life:
"When I went to study writing, I was struck by one thing. Works of different peoples have certain features. So, for example, in the basis of the French literature characters lay, at Englishmen the plot always leaves on the foreground, and at Russian scale is very important. They write about feelings and great tragedies so much that they have no equal in this. Many people ask me which work struck me most in my life. Frankly, it was Nabokov's Lolita. I have never met anything like this. The book is excellent. I could not tear myself away from it, experiencing an incredible feeling. "
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Sparks told about his heroes
After that, Nicholas decided to say a few words about who he likes to portray in his works. Here are what words on this subject the writer said:
"In my novels very rarely you can meet bad people. I understand that very often I idealize, but I just do not want to write about the bad. Everyone in our life on the way come across trials and setbacks, for example, I lost my sister and parents very early and, frankly, I do not want to write about it. Why do you have to pour your pain on paper and fumble the wound even more. I try to enter into the plot of different characters, but they are all very kind and somewhat old-fashioned. It seems to me that this is the highlight of Romanticism. Tell me please, how can you love a girl, if you are in a distance from each other and communicate with the help of various social networks? It seems to me that a strong feeling is possible due to the fact that you are looking into her eyes, and not in the computer monitor. "