Kuti nkhaniyo ikhale nkhani yeniyeni, tifunikira chinthu chimodzi chochepa mu nkhaniyi kuti zithetsedwe. Chigawo ichi chingakhale chaching'ono. Nthawi zambiri sichikondwera. Zingatichotsere ndi mamiliyoni a mafunso, koma imayankha imodzi.
Zomwe zathetsedwa mu nkhani si nthawizonse zomwe zimachitika kunja, koma mkati. Kawirikawiri olemba amauzidwa kuti otsutsa awo ayenera kusintha kuchokera kumayambiriro kwa nkhani mpaka kumapeto, ndipo kawirikawiri, anthu amatenga izi kutanthauza kuti chinthu chachikulu chiyenera kuchitika (onani nkhani zisanachitike za imfa, matenda, zombi , ndi zina).
Koma izi si zoona. Maganizo angasinthe. Momwe munthu amaonera chinachake akhoza kusintha. Maganizo angasinthe. Munthu akhoza kusankha yekha kukhala tiyi.
Ambiri mwa ophunzira anga amamasulidwa ndikawawuza kuti asamangoganizira za chiwembu komanso kuti azikhala ndi mphindi imodzi yokha. Mofananamo, ophunzira ambiri amasangalala ndikagawira 1-2 tsamba zidutswa za fiction kapena fiction, pamene akuganiza kuti zochepa zomwe ayenera kulemba, zidzakhala zosavuta.
Komabe, izi siziri choncho. Kulemba fosholo (yomwe imatchulidwa ngati fikisi yaing'ono, fiction yochepa chabe, fiction postcard, ndi zabodza zodzidzimutsa) sizikutanthauza kuti mulembe masamba 1-2. "Makhalidwe" omwewo amagwiritsidwa ntchito ku fumu yachinsinsi yomwe ikuwoneka bwino monga momwe amachitira ndi nkhani zambiri. Izi zikutanthauza kuti wolembayo ali ndi nthawi yochepa yopanga dziko lokhulupirira asanayese kuthetsa chinachake mkati mwake. Izi nthawi zambiri zimakhala zovuta kwambiri.
Mmodzi mwa ambuye a fano lachinsinsi ndi wolemba Lydia Davis, wolemba wa Thirteen Woman ndi Other Stories, Break It Down, ndi Kusokonezeka Kwa Mitundu pakati pa mabuku ena.
Nkhani zake zafalitsidwa pamodzi mu The Collected Stories za Lydia Davis.
Nkhani yake pansipa ndi chitsanzo cha kusintha kwake pang'ono kuti nkhaniyo ikhale "yangwiro."
PHWANI
Pafupifupi m'mawa uliwonse, mayi wina kumudzi kwathu akutuluka m'nyumba yake ndi nkhope yake yoyera ndipo chovala chake chikuwombera. Iye akufuula, "Mwadzidzidzi, mwadzidzidzi," ndipo mmodzi wa ife amathamangira kwa iye ndipo amamugwira iye mpaka mantha ake atakhala chete. Ife tikudziwa kuti akuzipanga; palibe chomwe chachitika kwa iye. Koma timamvetsetsa, chifukwa palibe mmodzi wa ife yemwe sanasunthidwe nthawi yina kuti achite zomwe wachita, ndipo nthawi zonse, watenga mphamvu zathu zonse, komanso mphamvu ya anzathu komanso mabanja, kuti tithandizeni.
Davis wasankha mphindi yoyenera yowonongeka: mkazi akubwera kuchokera kunyumba kwake akufuula "Mwadzidzidzi, mwadzidzidzi," tsiku ndi tsiku. Wavomereza zoona za nthawi ino, ndi kubwereza: ndithudi pali nthawi zambiri aliyense wa ife amamva kuti ife Sungathe kunyamula chilichonse chomwe chimakhudza moyo wathu. Amanena izi ndipo amatiwonetsa ife zomwe timadziwa kale, koma m'njira yatsopano. Lingaliro lakuti anansi akuthandiza mkazi uyu koma amamumvera chisoni, kuti akuimira aliyense kufuna ndi kusowa, kumapangitsa kukhutira mumtima ... Chisoni ndikuvomereza kuti moyo ndi wochuluka, koma ambirife sitingathe kunena chomwecho. Chisoni ndi chakuti wina amati tsiku lililonse, koma palibe chabwino. ndi kuti tonse timamva motere, koma khalani chete m'nyumba mwathu, osamuuza aliyense.