Raymond Carver (1 of 5)

[PacRimJim]

Write like hell for 10 hours a day for 10 years. Study the masters. Earn enough money to survive. Then, if you are lucky, you might have a shot.

Writing is easy. Living off your writing—now that's bloody hard..

[luzzerylavender]

@PacRimJim i'm going to take that advice

[Patrick1123581321]

I wish I were a literary genius. :(

[rengekicounter]

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE???

2:42 is the best part.

[PhantomLyric]

Is she wearing a suite and tie?

[tororotai]

Thank you so much! I like Ray Carver's short novel " Where I'm calling from".

[HiddenFormula]

I read 'What we do when we talk about love' last week & I'm now reading 'Short Cuts'.

Just finished the story Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?...such a great writer.

[vegemitebaby82]

Short Cuts is amazing... I also recommend reading "Cathedral" - arguably the greatest epiphany short story ever written...

[condors1972]

fantastic! thank u

[dabble778]

I read Carver's stories after watching Short Cuts the movie. The thing that struck me was a feeling of waste - that I had up that time wasted my life by *not* reading his stories until that time! As a younger writer as I was, I knew I wanted to try and write with such a deftness, economy, beauty (and of course I never will).

[WangMan187]

these commnts are SO much fun 2 read.

UMmmm LOL this is SO werid but if anyone is reading this. MSG ME! Jb

[jacobssandy]

For me, the kind of fiction which just reaches out, grabs you, and pulls you right into a scene and makes you feel the reality of it is the best kind. Reading any of Ray Carver's short stories, you feel the scene and feel what the characters feel. He never penned a 500 page masterpiece of the type we normally consider essential to great literature, but in 15 pages he created something perfect. Truly, my favourite writer.

[frenchkids]

@jacobssandy Beautifully put.

[quintbromley]

thank you for sharing this with the rest of us.

quint

[hatfullahollow]

Who posted this? Wherever, whoever you are, thank you so much this is quite rare. Really astonishing. Where did you get this stuff?

[michaeld998]

This is awesome! Thanks so much for posting!

[nalood100]

Thanks a lot. This is wonderful

[SchuleDesNichts]

very special thanks for posting this. carver is without any doubt one of the greatest writers of american short stories. it's a shame there is so few material online that deals with him. so thanks. this upload was the upload of the day! ;)