He steps up the plate for the first time and hits a home run. May I never be perfect.” – Chuck Pahlaniukįight Club was Pahlahniuk’s first novel ever. What kind of approach leads to such bespoke creativity? Survivor is literally told backwards.īasically, Pahlahniuk found a way to achieve a kind of originality so many artists strive for. Haunted is told as a juxtaposition of an omniscient third person narrator and first person accounts of all the separate characters. There is not a book in his bibliography that follows standard story structure. Writing is simply something you must do.”Īre you a creator? Or someone who creates? The difference is found in WHY you’re creating.Ĭhuck Palahniuk’s novels are quite simply surreal. They’re in the category of those who write they are not writers. “People who write for reward by way of recognition or monetary gain don’t know what they’re doing. So what differentiates a creator from everyone who creates, IE everyone else? According to renowned author Harper Lee: What if someone decided to go to work exactly how they wake up? Will their day be different than if they decided to get ready? These decisions all affect the day ahead, creating an experience. Each one contributes to the experience of that day. Think about all the decisions everyone makes throughout their days. Every time a human being makes a decision we manifest an experience.” “The act of creativity is the act of making a decision. What does it mean to create? According to ICON’s Co-Founder and CEO, Christopher Wight the answer is as follows: Why not be excited about now knowing the result? Suspense and excitement are quite similar when you think about it. To conquer it you simply have to start anyway. This is a scary thought that’s universal among creators, even world-renowned creators like Stephen King.
When creations exist as ideas they’re exciting and magical, but no one can predict what will happen when they put that idea into the DAW:
HAUNTED CHUCK PALAHNIUK AUDIOBOOK CLICKING NOISE MOVIE
Suspense sets in, and we come to find that suspense is well earned (a fantastic book and movie FYI). When Annie Wilkes takes in Paul Sheldon after his unfortunate accident in Misery, we feel fear even after she saves his life because we don’t know what’s going to happen next. How can the scariest part of creating come before the creating begins? What’s scary about having an idea? As with a tale of horror, the fear is based on not knowing the result. “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” – Stephen King With such a reputation for frightening, one might ask the question: what scares Stephen King? The answer is attached to creating.