Zen In The Art Of Writing

Author 22 books 22.1k followers

June 30, 2015

لماذا راي برادبيري؟

ربّما لأنّه من القلّة التي تنظرُ إلى الكتابة بصفتها "لذة ومتعة" عوضًا عن كونها معاناة. لأنَّ تأمّلات راي برادبيري في الكتابة تحتوي طاقة تحفيزية هائلة، لأنّه يحرضنا على تحويل الكتابة إلى لعبة، إلى مدينة ملاهي عملاقة يدلفُ إليها الكاتبُ قفزًا، حيثُ الطفل في داخلك هو الكاتب في داخلك، وينبغي عليك أن تتمسَّك به.

يعتبر كتاب "الزِّن في فنٍّ الكتابة" إضافة نوعية إلى المكتبة العربية، وفكرة جديدة نقترحها على الكاتب العربي، لكي يتخفّف من بعض الكليشيهات المرافقة لهويته الكتابية (البؤس والمعاناة)، وليضفي على رحلته الكتابية الكثير من الانتعاش.

فخورة بهذا الكتاب، وسعيدة لأنني كنت جزءا من الفريق الذي ساهم في ترجمته. أتمنى أن يعجبكم.

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Edited June 6, 2021

Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray Bradbury

Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity is a collection of essays by Ray Bradbury and published in 1990. The unifying theme is Bradbury's love for writing.

Essays included are:
The Joy of Writing (1973)
Run Fast, Stand Still, Or, The Thing At the Top of the Stairs, Or, New Ghosts From Old Minds (1986)
How To Keep and Feed a Muse (1961)
Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle (1980)
Investing Dimes: Fahrenheit 451 (1982)
Just This Side of Byzantium: Dandelion Wine (1974)
The Long Road to Mars (1990)
On The Shoulders of Giants (1980)
The Secret Mind (1965)
Shooting Haiku in a Barrel (1982)
Zen in the Art of Writing (1973)
...On Creativity (No Date Given)

This book attempts to give creative ideas and inspiration to writers.

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیست و هشتم ژانویه ماه سال 2017میلادی

عنوان: ذن در هنر نویسندگی؛ ری بردبری؛ مترجم: پرویز دوایی (دوائی)؛ تهران، موسسه فرهنگی هنری جهان کتاب، 1389 در 110ص؛ شابک9789642533602؛ موضوع: ذن؛ خلاقیت از نویسنگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 20م

ری بردبری: شاعر «آمریکایی»، و نویسنده ی گونه‌ های «خیال‌پردازی»، «وحشت»، و »علمی تخیلی» بودند؛ «بردبری» را در کشور ما، بیشتر با اثر نامدارش «فارنهایت 451»، می‌شناسند؛ اثر نامدار دیگر ایشان: «حکایت‌های مریخ» است، «ذن در هنر نویسندگی»، از نوشتن و ریزه کاریهایش میگوید، نسخه ی فارسی کتاب در هشت فصل است، و در یکصد و ده صفحه: «کودک درونم»؛ «رمان دوپولی نسخه ای برای زیستن»؛ «نوشتن ...»؛ «نشاط نوشتن»؛ «ذن در هنر نویسندگی»؛ «اندر آداب نگهداری از فرشته الهام»؛ «بر دوش غولها»؛ و «شراب قاصدک»؛

نقل از همین کتاب: - البته که هنوز غم و حسرت (نوستالژی) بچگیهایم را دارم! همچه که شروع به بزرگ شدن کردی با مسائلی روبرو میشوی که از عهده شان برنمیآیی؛ ( صفحه 10)؛

در این دنیا دو تا حرفه ی شریف هست: پزشکی و نویسندگی؛ پزشک تن را درمان میکند و نویسنده جان را؛ ( صفحه 11)؛

آدم برای پول یا شهرت نمینویسد؛ مینویسد تا زنده بماند؛ (صفحه 11)؛ پایان نقل

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 15/03/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

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Author 6 books 945 followers

Edited March 21, 2014

WHOOP! POW! Ray Bradbury's book on writing is BAMMO! The man's enthusiasm leaps off the page, and if nothing else, that exuberance will carry you with a full head of steam straight from this book and into your own book. Reading Zen in the Art of Writing is like having the best kind of encouraging friend pat you on the back while shouting "YOU CAN DO IT!!!"

Although some of his ideas and style is dated, there's still a great deal to be absorbed herein, after all, he is one of the best American writers of the past century.

Keep at it and write with the electricity that runs through you, that seems to be the words of wisdom Bradbury wants you to take away from Zen in the Art of Writing, a title that made me a reluctant reader. The application of zen, or maybe I mean its popularized conception, to the mechanics of writing had me worrying that it would be too much about spiritualism (I know, I know...) or that the approach to the craft would be meditative in technique. The only thing Bradbury wants you, the writer to meditate about is how best to get off your ass, stay off your ass, and keep on writing. Now stop reading reviews and get to it!

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Edited April 5, 2020

Read this if you're a huge Bradbury fan and want to read more about him and the famous things he wrote. It's not great if you're looking for practical information for aspiring writers or advanced tools for writers who want to improve their craft. I'm a Bradbury fan, so I liked the book. But overall, it felt pretty out of touch for aspiring writers today. I guess it's valuable as a statement of how things used to be in the writers market?

In terms of writing advice, it kind of boils down to "be imaginative as you can and work super hard!"

It's not bad or anything, but if you're specifically looking for a helpful or just inspiring book about writing, you can pretty easily do better than this.

Edit: I've been thinking about this book again, and I got one specific tool out of it that I think is worth sharing.

There's a chapter where Bradbury states that for a long time he'd start a short story on Monday, keep working on it all week, and then send it out on Saturday. That's a very fast timeframe for most of us, but Bradbury was a legendarily fast writer. The tool I got: a short story can be written in a small set duration of time, and that you can send it out and move right on. You can treat short stories like a work week: start on Monday, end on on Saturday. I know it it sounds a little basic, as tools go, but I found it really grounding. Sometimes writing can feel endless, especially when working on a novel. But this book reminds us that we can always set aside a week (or two, or three, or whatever we need) to write a full short story to completion. Thanks, Bradbury.

977 reviews 1,548 followers

March 12, 2018

اگر قرار باشد که برای ضمیر ناخودآگاه یا فرشتۀ الهام مان رژیم غذایی خاصی را تدارک ببینیم، چه صورت غذایی باید تهیه کنیم؟

شاید بشود این جوری شروع کرد:
هر روز خدا از عمرتان را شعر بخوانید. شعر عضلاتی را در ذهن به کار می اندازد که آدم معمولاً به کار نمی گیرد. شعر حس ها را گسترش می دهد و در اوج شادابی و بیداری نگه می دارد. شعر انسان را نسبت به بویایی، شنوایی، چشایی و لامسه، بیدارتر، حساس تر و آگاه تر می کند. بالاتر از همه، شعر پر از استعاره و تشبیه است که همچون گل های کاغذی ژاپنی می توانند به صورت اشکالی عظیم به بیرون شکوفا شوند. دفترهای اشعار آکنده از ایده های بسیار است، ولی به ندرت دیده ام که معلم های داستان نویسی مرور آن ها را به شاگردان خویش توصیه کنند. بسیاری از قصه های من محصول مستقیم خواندن شعرهای زیباست. یک استعاره ناگهان بر سر من جهیده، چرخی به من داده و مرا به درون قصه ای دوانده.

چه نوع اشعاری بخوانیم؟ هر شعری که موی را بر بدن انسان راست کند. برای درک کامل اشعار زیاد به خودتان فشار نیاورید. می گویید که دایلان تامس یا تی اس الیوت را نمی فهمید؟ بله، ولی سلول های مغز و اعصابِ ذهن ناخودآگاه درونتان می فهمد. بخوانیدش، چنان که اسبی را با نگاه چشمانتان می خوانید.

دیگر چه غذایی را در رژیم خودمان باید بگنجانیم؟
مجموعه های مقالات. از زنبورداری، سنگ تراشی یا بشکه سازی. این جاست که آدم باید نقش هنردوستی مبتدی را بر عهده بگیرد. تمام این ها در نهایت حکم سنگی را دارد که در چاهی می اندازید، هر بار که از ضمیر ناخودآگاه شما طنینی بر می خیزد، خود را بهتر می شناسید. طنین خفیف می تواند ایده ای را برانگیزد و طنینی بلندتر، قصه ای را ثمر دهد.

کتاب هایی را انتخاب کنید که حس تشخیص رنگ و ابعاد و اندازه های جهان را در شما تقویت کند. این همه تأکید بر حواس از چه روست؟ برای آن که خواننده را متقاعد کنید که خودش در آن جا حضور دارد. اگر خواننده تان گرمی آفتاب را بر پوستش و وزش باد را بر آستین پیراهنش حس کند، نیمی از نبرد را برده اید. غیر محتمل ترین قصه ها را می توان باورپذیر ساخت اگر خوانندۀ شما به یاری حواسش حتم کند که در وسط واقعه ایستاده است.

شعر و مقاله، بسیار خب. داستان کوتاه چه؟ البته! آثار نویسنده هایی را بخوانید که جوری می نویسند که آرزو دارید روزی بتوانید نظیر آن ها بنویسید، که دید و طرز فکرشان به شما شبیه است، ولی کار کسانی را هم بخوانید که مثل شما فکر نمی کنند و میل ندارید که شبیه آن ها بنویسید. بخوانید تا در جهاتی برانگیخته شوید که ممکن است سال های سال پا به آن نگذارید. [و نیز: آدمی نمی داند چه چیزهایی در جهان هست که ممکن است برایش جذاب باشد، به خاطر همین باید مدام ناشناخته ها را خواند و کاوید.]

شعر-ادبیات-هنر

Author 1 book 4,257 followers

October 18, 2016

إذا كنت تبحث عن ذلك الكتاب الذي سيكشف لك أخيرًا كل ما أردت معرفته من أسرار الكتابة التي تواطأ الأدباء، جيلاً بعد جيل، على الاحتفاظ بها سرًّا وتناقلها في حلقاتهم المغلقة .. فهذا الكتاب ليس لك!

أولاً لأنه لا يوجد، ولن يوجد، كتابٌ كهذا، سيجعلك بين ليلةٍ وضحاها كاتبًا إذا اتبعت الإرشادات بطريقة صحيحة. وثانيًا لأن السرّ الثاني في الكتابة هو المزيد من الكتابة (وهذه بالمناسبة إحدى الطرق، إلى جانب القراءة بطبيعة الحال، التي كان يمارسها راي براديبري للتّمكن من الكتابة).

أما السرّ الأول الذي أتنازل بالكشف عنه لجموع القرّاء، هو القراءة عن تجارب الكتّاب مع الكتابة، ليس لأنها ستكشف لك أسرار الكتابة كما سبق وذكرت، بل لأنها ببساطة ستساعدك لترويض ربة الإلهام.

فكما أن فعل القراءة معدٍ، كذلك هو فعل الكتابة، بل أجزم أن عدواه أسرع انتشارًا من عدوى القراءة. وبما أن فرص المرء للجلوس مع كبار الكتاب (للتعرض لعدوى الكتابة) ضئيلة، لا يبقى لديه سوى القراءة عن تجاربهم داعيًا ربة الإلهام في نفس الوقت أن تصيبه بالمرض .. مرض الكتابة اللذيذ!

Author 9 books 121 followers

Edited August 4, 2009

There are a lot of reviews written about this short but excellent book written in the tradition of Stephen King's "On Writing", or the other way around, given that Bradbury wrote his tome first. Yet there is an energy in this book that is infectious and it points the finger to us as writers to say - "get serious about this art or get out." His prescriptions for writing are no less demanding:
1) Write one short story a week for 5 years. Perhaps after this rigour, some good stuff might come out (Bradbury wrote one short story a week for 10 years before writing "The Lake"). Quantity leads to quality.
2)Engage in word association games to provide plots
3) Let events simmer for years - 20 to 30 years is okay - before writing about them
4) Draw from childhood where most of the skeletons in the closet lie.

And yet there were lines of inspiration that I have memorized for use when I am at my lowest:
"We(writers) are trying to release the truth in all of us"
"Slanting for the commercial or literary markets are unhappy ways for writers to live in the world"
On writing - "you grow ravenous", "you run fevers".
"You must stay drunk on writing so reality does not destroy you"

He also lived at a time when he could sell his prodigious output to pulp magazines, even as an emerging writer at the age of 24, for $20-40 per story, way back in 1944 - enough to make a living off his work. I've seen going rates for stories these days as low as $10.00; sometimes reward is just the honour of being published - inflation seems to have gone in reverse in the publishing business, at least, where writer compensation is concerned.

This is certainly an inspiring book for today's aspiring writer to keep by his side as a testament to a great author who was totally dedicated to his craft and who consequently reaped the rewards of that total immersion.

2,194 reviews 18.7k followers

Edited November 21, 2020

I LOVE Ray Branduty. His style. His insight. His vision. His everything. Probably it all was summed up nicely by himself in his ZEN of Writing.
This volume is full of zen, hands down. Lots of incredible insight. Lots of wonderful essays on how Ray Bradbury became the visionary we've all come to know and respect and love and look up to.
Hands down one of the finest books on writing ever. Worthy of 500 stars and more. A lot MORE!
(I've no idea how come I've read this one just now and not ages before. A treasure I stumbled upon at random.)
A fav for years to come.
Respect. And Zen.

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Since then, I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. (c)
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"What's that dinosaur doing lying here on the beach?" I said.
My wife, very wisely, had no answer. (c)
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First I rummaged my mind for words that could describe my personal nightmares, fears of night and time from my childhood, and shaped stories from these. (c)
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I was amused and somewhat astonished at a critic a few years back who wrote an article analyzing Dandelion Wine plus the more realistic works of Sinclair Lewis, wondering how I could have been born and raised in Waukegan, which I renamed Green Town for my novel, and not noticed how ugly the harbor was and how depressing the coal docks and railyards down below the town.
But, of course, I had noticed them and, genetic enchanter that I was, was fascinated by their beauty. Trains and boxcars and the smell of coal and fire are not ugly to children. Ugliness is a concept that we happen on later and become self-conscious about. Counting boxcars is a prime activity of boys. Their elders fret and fume and jeer at the train that holds them up, but boys happily count and cry the names of the cars as they pass from far places. And again, that supposedly ugly railyard was where carnivals and circuses arrived with elephants who washed the brick pavements with mighty steaming acid waters at five in the dark morning. (c)
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In other words, if your boy is a poet, horse manure can only mean flowers to him; which is, of course, what horse manure has always been about. (c)
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Literary history is filled with writers who, rightly or wrongly, felt they could tidy up, improve upon, or revolutionize a given field. So, many of us plunge forward where angels leave no dustprint. (c)
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But the subliminal eye is shrewd. (c)

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October 23, 2012

Short version: This is the best writing book I have ever read.
Long version: This isn't going to be a very eloquent review. Good books on writing are difficult to find. For several of my classes, professors have assigned books about writing techniques, and all of them have been terrible. Some of them have graphs, others have ways of mapping out character development, but generally these books try to break writing down to its skeletal form and make a biology lesson of it. It ends up being overly technical and discouraging for new writers.
Bradbury's book, on the other hand, deals more with how your imagination can work for you. He starts off Zen by stating that you only need two things in writing: "zest and gusto." According to him, once you lose your zest for writing, your stories will fall apart. He insists on writing what you're passionate about, and suggests ways of keeping your passion going. This may seem like common sense, but it's the most helpful advice I've ever received from a How-To writing book.

(One piece of advice he offers is to put your nightmares in your stories. He says that if you're writing suspense, what scares you will scare your readers. He gives examples of how he drew on his fears and translated them into his novels. I tried it, and it definitely worked for me.)

310 reviews 448 followers

February 29, 2020

I have to start with a confession: this is my first book by Bradbury. It could seem strange to begin with this essay/memoir, but I wanted to see what he had to say about the writing process. Now, I want to read his novels even more, because he talks about creativity the same way I do. He seems touched by the same things I am.

My 3* rating may be difficult to understand. In fact, I had to skim through some less interesting parts... but there were also some treasures among those essays, so it was totally worth it! I discovered a very interesting person behind the words I read. And I'm sad knowing he passed away almost ten years ago... I feel like I just found someone I could have been friend with, but we're living in two different eras. I'm sure Bradbury could have turn this idea into a short story in a couple of hours!

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