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Why Men Love Cormac McCarthy

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Write Conscious

Write Conscious

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@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious 3 ай бұрын
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@AM-pleistocene
@AM-pleistocene Жыл бұрын
I watched an interview by Oprah with Cormac once where she asked him why he didn't have many female characters, he said very honestly "I won't pretend that I understand women". She came at him in that interview trying to find the misogynist in him, but what he said then explained more about his lack of female characters than any kind of misogyny. I personally don't see a hatred of women in his books, instead the women aren't understood and they're seperate from the protagonist, which only improves on that sense of alienation and disconnection. I think one of the reasons why most women don't read Cormac Mcarthy is because of the lack of interiority. Women notice a lot of things most men do not, and they want to know why someone does something. Their way of communicating is more complex than mens, which is difficult to understand as a man. It's more complex because women are attuned to the things that go on under the surface, and they look for signs of that in their interactions with eachother and men. Which is why if you're in a relationship with one they're always wondering what you're thinking. So they don't find thst lack of interiority interesting, and thry don't understand why men do the things they do, so i reckon that can make it more difficult for them to be involved.
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
Great comment! But, I think his line about women is a common deflection tactic. Anything that has to do with his writing he defers to the unconscious or other workarounds.
@theotormon
@theotormon Жыл бұрын
I believe it, though the person I talk McCarthy with the most is my mom. 😂
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
Lol, that must be fun
@christopherfisher6995
@christopherfisher6995 Жыл бұрын
Kind of unrelated but in about three weeks im getting every shirt thats in stock! You did an amazing job on them. Listening to this channel inspired me to dive into Blood Meridian for my second time. I hope this channel blows up and you introduce tens of thousands to the gospel of Cormac.
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
That would be crazy Christopher! Thanks for the support brotha. Just seeing this now as I'm replying to 700+ comments lol!
@gregf9160
@gregf9160 Жыл бұрын
John Grady was indeed a beautiful man I have always thought. Innocence and hard-earned, and uncomfortable, worldliness in one so young. At seventeen, already a rounded, honourable fully grown-assed man. And always kind, especially in his relationship with nature, and understanding of horses. Deeply poignant.
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@QuietExplorations
@QuietExplorations Жыл бұрын
Ian, in all of your learning and reading about Cormac, have you discovered anything about how Cormac created his characters, or where they came from? I know he has always said that his process was very unconscious, but I find it a little difficult to believe that all of his characters were just a result of winging it. Curious what you know!
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
I think most of the supernatural characters (Holden, Triune, werecats, shamans, etc.) were added in a very conscious manner. All of those in earlier drafts were non-existent or very bland characters. So, it's interesting that McCarthy added supernatural characters to pump the story's power in later drafts during heavy revision. This contrasts his process of making the main characters way less emotional in later drafts. Seems to be an interesting balancing process. For the main characters, I think most of them are either historically inspired or people he knows. Suttree is McCarthy, the characters of TOK are common archetypes of his childhood, Lester Ballard is historically inspired, most Suttree characters are people he knew, and BM characters are historical. I think the second half of his career is where he does some more unconscious character writing. He wrote The Border Trilogy, NCFOM, and The Road much faster than his previous novels. I think he also consciously made those works much more marketable. So, I can imagine him using his massive talent to just stream-of-consciousness flow about the pretty simple characters of The Border Trilogy and fill in the beautiful passages in the revision stages. The Road is based on him and his kid. NCFOM is interesting because it is a much more modern/complex novel in terms of characters than Border Trilogy. But I think that stems from it being a screenplay first. When I read the script at the archive, once again, McCarthy made the characters less emotional/discoverable in later drafts and added the symbolic dream stuff with Bell later, too. So, the system seems to be 1. Find people or historical figures you know about 2. Write about them in a very loose way, providing a bunch of details about their past and feelings 3. Remove most of those feelings and create timeline issues or gaps in their past 4. Add some supernatural characters to create some symbolic contrast/interplay with the characters/nature 5. Make nature a hidden character by adding a ton of great passages 6. Also, adding the italics seems to be conscious writing. He goes back and forth endlessly sometimes with his editor Erskine, about the little details of those passages and why they matter. If they were unconscious rushes he probably wouldn't be holding on so tight.
@heinrichbestbier5458
@heinrichbestbier5458 Жыл бұрын
I think you forgot to link the Iron John videos in the description, I'm interested in checking them out.
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
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@andergrindstudios7546
@andergrindstudios7546 Жыл бұрын
write what you know..
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
Yup!
@JayDee-Plantnosher
@JayDee-Plantnosher 11 ай бұрын
Reaction channels. Watching people watch videos and say little to nothing about what they watched...200k to a couple million subs. Channels such as Write Conscious with stimulating and thought provoking ideas, 8.47k subs. If that doesn't prove that our priorities as a species are out of whack I don't know what does.
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words brotha!
@DjangoWineHeart
@DjangoWineHeart Жыл бұрын
Bigfoot erotica?!!... just when I think I've come across ( uh-herm ) everything!...
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
It's a massive subgenre of erotica on Kindle! If this channel doesn't work out writing some is my plan B 😂
@ashroskell
@ashroskell 9 ай бұрын
Checking
@billpoole8541
@billpoole8541 Жыл бұрын
Meet Kevin's doppelganger? You two look and sound identical. Even the mannerisms and demeanor.
@WriteConscious
@WriteConscious Жыл бұрын
Lol
@crud420
@crud420 10 ай бұрын
you'd think all the gnosticism would at least attract a couple men who dress like ladies
@dix0nc0unty
@dix0nc0unty 7 ай бұрын
but does cormac mccarthy love men?
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