The Book of Yaak and Rules for Writers
In the “Introduction” of the ‘’The book of Yaak” Rick Bass is presenting us the basic rules of writing. The purpose of the fiction writers and poets is to take us away on a trip to mysterious place, to make us feel the magic of this place. But with this book he is doing the opposite. Instead of giving to the reader, he is breaking the ‘’rules’’ and he is asking for something – ‘’it’s a sin, to ask something of the reader, rather than to give; and to know the end, to know your agenda, from the very start, rather than discovering it along the way, or at the end itself says Bass. Another rule he breaks is repeating himself. And he’s asking for forgiveness, but this is his way of showing us the values
In the “Introduction” of the ‘’The book of Yaak” Rick Bass is presenting us the basic rules of writing. The purpose of the fiction writers and poets is to take us away on a trip to mysterious place, to make us feel the magic of this place. But with this book he is doing the opposite. Instead of giving to the reader, he is breaking the ‘’rules’’ and he is asking for something – ‘’it’s a sin, to ask something of the reader, rather than to give; and to know the end, to know your agenda, from the very start, rather than discovering it along the way, or at the end itself says Bass. Another rule he breaks is repeating himself. And he’s asking for forgiveness, but this is his way of showing us the values