Raymond Chandler On Writing
It’s already Monday afternoon here in Hobbit country. I received this in my email earlier today. I discovered Raymond Chandler when I read a book of his that Robert B. Parker completed after his death called Poodle Springs. At the time I was reading Parker ferociously. Parker had tried—and succeeded in my opinion—to mimic Chandler’s rough-hewn noir style of writing. A style that, if done right, amounts to a stripped-to-the-bone prose rich with poetic imagery. It’s a difficult style to copy. I began reading Chandler’s work after Poodle Springs. Like Parker, Chandler will forever be on my list of much-loved authors whose voices shaped my own. And like Parker’s, Chandler’s writing is yet another example of why I don’t limit myself to reading only one genre. You miss out on so much if you do.
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