David Foster Wallace's Writing Routine Explained

What was David Foster Wallace's writing routine? Did he wake up at 4 AM like Haruki Murakami or write 365 days a year for eight hours like Stephen King? Today I’ll walk you through Wallace’s writing routine for all his novels because they changed every few years. I will also walk you through Wallace's locations, lifestyle, and mindset while writing his works!
Discover over 100 of David Foster Wallace's favorite books and the three books he wrote with by his side below
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[@Snarflelocker]

This. Was. Spectacular. It scratched places in my mind that i didn't even know were itching. Please keep up the great work.

[@blurredlenzpictures3251]

I've been writing my novel out of the back seat of my car. It's been the best experience of my life. I've built a world from nothing, and I balance it by night in the palm of hand as I write.

[@Dino_Medici]

Beauty

[@kentjensen4504]

I think a lecture (video) on minimalist vs maximalist writing would be really interesting. Most likely you have that on your list of ideas already.

[@Dino_Medici]

Hell yeah. I’m actually trying to fuse the two into one style. Grounded in simplistic, matter of fact, strait forward prose. Blended with explosive metaphors and more conceptual poetry I love bouncing between science and art, high brow and low brow, sincerity and irony, stoicism and cynicism ext ext If you rec any vids you think will help develop this structure holler back

[@geordiejones5618]

​​@@Dino_MediciI think a lot of writers today want that in between, I know I did for years, but I think the audience demand for maximalism has never been lower, especially if you're audacious enough to try and convert some non readers. I think Hemingway today is who should be appreciated most, same with short fiction writing in general. Ted Chiang, Thomas Ligotti, DFW himself tell brilliant stories of short fiction that most authors would need a whole book of words just to stick the landing with their styles. There has never been more art available and there's no real indication that's gonna change anytime soon.

[@Dino_Medici]

@@geordiejones5618 For sure. I view maximalism like the saxophone solo in a song-With minimalism being the build up to that passionate explosion of expression I’m trying to find some writings on aesthetics that discuss the minimalistic and maximalist states of being as symbiotic personality archetypes for the creative act I’m working on a theory that’s in a similar vein to the Dionysian and Apollonian I call it the warrior and the artist which together are the unified creative persona LMAO

[@geordiejones5618]

@@Dino_Medici I basically just write therapy by imagination. Urban dark fantasy, cosmic horror, psychological sci fi, solarpunk etc.

[@Dino_Medici]

@@geordiejones5618 We love to hear it 🔭🌌🕺🏻🐣🌪️🦋🏆⚡️

[@friedricengravy6646]

I love to hear Wallace speak. The interviews, the readings, his ideology, his view of art & his feelings regarding the creation of art. Yet, as much as I try, I cannot connect to his writing style. Im more of a Hemingway guy or McCarthy, Bukowski, etc. But, again, I am thankful that he was the person he was & that we have his feelings documented for historical review. Thank u for the content. ✌🏻

[@JoeMama-yd1ve]

Same

[@Manalishi32]

Great video mate, really enjoyed it :) keep it up !

[@BrendaGarcia-ty2ml]

Please do more videos on writer’s routines!

[@Dino_Medici]

Brother your passion and vigor for writing is deeply inspiring. Tysm for your content I know I already said this but whatever it’s a new day a new war I’ve been getting into the whole content, context, form stuff. If you rec any articles or videos on the subject feel free to lmk For context I started writing about beauty the last year. Basic stuff. Artist and art. Spirituality of creativity and the role of art. Recently, I’ve been ready to take this party to the next level and have gotten into process philosophy The metaphysics of art as civilization builder lol. It’s incredibly interesting and if you want to learn more my last 10 or so saved philosophy videos are on the subject

[@watcherofthewest8597]

Love watching channel. Stumbled on it a few months ago. I appreciate what your doing. Part of me, though, feels like, for the average man, diving into philosophy and literature and developing a reason based philosophy ain't the way to go. Although having a small, select group within society deeply study and develop ideas I believe in. I look at the education and university systems and the ideas and people coming out of them and it seems to be doing more harm than good...religion maybe was better for the masses.

[@PlugMySpirit]

Is it just me, or is Write Conscious' voice quite similar to DFW's? 😅

[@tomahern]

Loved listening to this Ian! I’d love to get you on my podcast if you’re keen to jump on for an interview. It’s a philosophy/literary fiction pod :)

[@PEGGLORE]

Hey, do you know how long the longest chapter ever written in a book is? How long is DFW's longest chapter in a book?

[@PRAGMAGICK]

Answer: the book

[@PEGGLORE]

@@PRAGMAGICK There's a book simply called 'The Book' which is just one long chapter I take it. Who wrote this, so I can research it? The 1st chapter of my book is going to be long, want to know what the record is though. The Book sort of sounds like it could be cheating with its concept and not strictly a chapter from a proper novel.

[@PRAGMAGICK]

@@PEGGLORE what constitutes a literary chapter? And if it's a technical answer; is not every sentence with a period a chapter? Also, if you're from the future you have to tell me. That's future law.

[@PEGGLORE]

@@PRAGMAGICK Oh right. That's true. But I meant what's the most amount of words written between 2 established chapters of a book. Here you go, listen to Future Days by Can. It's a masterpiece that'll blow your mind. Crazy it's over 50 years old.. watch?v=PXX5-p6sUwI

[@PRAGMAGICK]

@@PEGGLORE Damn, that was legit needle drop. Don't let my goofjuice dissuade you. Any future friend of Damo is a friend (via KZbin comments) of mine.

[@amiram4608]

Ruki Murakami

[@elel2608]

21:00

[@johng4609]

Everyone knows what beauty is; That is because there is ugliness; Everyone knows what goodness is; That is because there is evil. Therefore, Being and nothing give birth to one another, Hard and easy are mutually formed, Long and short shape each other, High and low complement each other, Music and voice are harmonized with each other, Front and back follow one another. Hence, The sage focuses on non-action in his works, Practices not-saying in his speech, The myriad things arise but are disregarded The sage produces but does not own Acts but does not claim Accomplishes work but does not take credit Only because he does not take credit, and thus the credit does not go away. -- Tao Te Ching chapter 2

[@buckylagrange5741]

he taught at ISU not university of illinois

[@Misserbi]

DFW 1 - security guard 2 - chain smoker I think somebody who chooses to be addicted every time they light up is really harming themselves more than others. Being a security guard seems to make up for that? How is that not suicidal? I worked for two months in the same situation except I was an usher at a movie theater. The hardest thing you can ever choose to do is give up on everything to be happy like others. To join another's life. DFW met a fate that was unwilling to just give him what he wants. That is how it feels to be a writer.

[@geordiejones5618]

That mans fate was his own inability to come to terms with personal demons. He has some of the best sad writing I've ever read because he was a sad dude but also carrying some other stuff. Someone like that has to come to terms with a lot about themselves and I guess he wasn't willing to do that.