Unaccompanied sonata
This is a short story originally from Maps in a Mirror. Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card (Tor, October 1990) Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (story collection, science fiction, Dial, 1980, out of print in U.S., incorporated into Maps in a Mirror)
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- I recommend the thought-provoking short story, "Unaccompanied Sonata" by Orson Scott Card. It's a story about music craft but it's also a brilliant example of story-telling.
Music and writing will change. The markets for both certainly have changed. It seems that music has proven to be more durable.
- Unaccompanied Sonata is a 1979 short story by Orson Scott Card that takes this to an extreme, and has haunted me since I read it in the eighties.
- > Equally you cannot tell a creator not to create. They will, whether you like it or not.
for a much darker take on this, check out orson scott card's "unaccompanied sonata"
- There is a short story by Orson Scott Card which has that theme called 'Unaccompanied Sonata'.
You can read it here: https://b-ok.cc/book/4395497/b2fb2e
- > Here's the thing: You probably disagree and even loathe the personal politics of many of the artists whose works you enjoy
The thing that is most infuriating about OSC is that his stories imply a philosophy completely opposite those he espouses in his political writings.
For example, one of my favorite short stories is OSC's Unaccompanied Sonata. The story has a message about the cruelty and ultimate impossibility of making someone deny their core self.
http://janlowman.escuelacampoalegre.wikispaces.net/file/view...
But then in real life, OSC says stuff like gay people already have marriage rights because they can get married, just not to their own sex. How can the guy who wrote the above story think something like that? Like I said, it's infuriating.
- I've been looking to write a series of posts for some time now on a specific subject and I realise I've been seduced by that all-to-alluring siren call of reading widely under the guise/excuse of "doing my research".
Yes, to write well you need to read widely, but there comes a point when you have to do the writing. Indeed, some might say that reading widely simply pollutes your thoughts, so you add less and regurgitate more. (You might catch a sense of "Unaccompanied Sonata" by Orson Scott Card).
So I'm setting aside my reading for a while and getting down to writing. When I come back, though, I'd love to see people's experiences in how they split their time between reading (for research or otherwise), writing (documentation, fiction, blog posts), and programming (for themselves and for others).
I can't remember who is was, but some time ago a read an article in which someone said that it's impossible to say what proportion of time they spend on each, because they have so much to do that they only now engage in activities that count in more that one category. If you know of that, I'd appreciate a link.
So - what do you do?
