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Richard Powers: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Stanford Professor | How I Write

2024/10/9
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Richard Powers: 我认为角色塑造的关键在于理解角色的复杂性，这源于人类大脑的进化，特别是我们理解他人动机的能力。角色的内在冲突，即人与自身的对抗，是故事中一种重要的戏剧形式。我通常使用类似斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基的方法来塑造角色，通过挖掘角色的核心内在价值观来赋予他们生命力。角色的外在行为和内在动机之间存在复杂的关系，需要通过多层次的分析来理解，如同剥洋葱一样，从外在的特征、行为习惯到内在的核心价值观，一层层地揭示角色的复杂性。为了制造戏剧性，我会将角色的核心价值观推向极端，迫使他们在不同的价值观之间做出选择，从而引发内在冲突。此外，我还探讨了人与人之间以及人与环境之间的冲突，这三种类型的冲突构成了故事的戏剧基础。在《Overstory》中，我尝试将人类与自然环境之间的冲突融入叙事，这在当代文学中相对较少见。 David Perell: 作为一名读者，我非常欣赏Richard Powers作品中对角色的细致刻画和对自然环境的生动描写。我很好奇他是如何做到这一点的，以及他对于小说写作技巧的独到见解。在与Richard Powers的对话中，我学习到了很多关于角色塑造、戏剧冲突和叙事结构的知识。例如，他提到的角色塑造方法，以及他如何通过将角色的核心价值观推向极端来制造戏剧性冲突。他还强调了在小说写作中，语言的重要性，以及如何通过对语言的精细运用，来创造出更生动、更具感染力的作品。此外，他还分享了他对于小说叙事结构的理解，包括如何通过控制紧张感来引导读者的情绪，以及如何将不同的写作技巧融合在一起，以达到最佳的写作效果。

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Richard is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, one of the most praised novels of the decade. His writing absolutely explodes with life. But perhaps Richard’s most impressive skill is his character development. And we’re not talking about the stodgy character arc you learned in English class. Richard shares 40+ years and 14 novels worth of insight on how to write characters that readers can’t get out of their head. 

This episode is a deep dive into the psychoanalytical complexities of character: drama and tension, thinking and feeling, motivation and suspense. Plus, we dive into the three different types of character-driven drama: People against People, People against Themselves, and People against the Environment. 

In a nutshell, this episode is a novel-writing masterclass that you don’t want to miss. 

**SPEAKER LINKS: **

Website: https://www.richardpowers.net/)

Books: https://www.richardpowers.net/category/novel/)

New Novel “Playground”: https://a.co/d/g9nzmbO)

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