UJoyce Maynard. (Umzekeliso: Morgan Schweitzer) Iintengiso zeMasterClass ziqale ukuvela kuFacebook wam wondla kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Ngokucacileyo ndiyalungela inani labantu abanokuzimisela ukukhwehlela i-90 yeedola kwiiyure ezintathu zezifundo ezikwi-Intanethi ezifundiswe ngumntu owaziwayo, ehambisa ubulumko ngendlela afumene ngayo kwaye kanjani, mhlawumbi, ndinokwenza okufanayo , Ndakuba ndizifundisile izifundo kwi MasterClass.
Ukwazi ukuba i-Facebook ibonakala ngathi iyabuqonda njani ubomi bam, akunakulindeleka ukuba nabani na apho (umntu, okanye umatshini) andibone njengomgqatswa weSerena Williams MasterClass eTennis, okanye kwi-Usher MasterClass kubuGcisa beNtsebenzo. Emva ebangeni le-11, ndadlala iLady Macbeth kwimveliso yesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iOyster River IMacbeth , kodwa ndiyathandabuza ukuba u-Facebook wayeyazi le nyani, okanye wandifaka kumthengi we-Dustin Hoffman MasterClass kwi-Acting.
Yayiludidi lukaJames Patterson ekumele ukuba babelubonile kanye ubhuti wam — lowo ubizwa ngokuba nguJames Patterson Ufundisa Ukubhala- iklasi echazwe njengelinika iingcebiso malunga nendlela yokubhala oyena mthengisi ubalaseleyo. Akuthandabuzeki ukuba le yanikezelwa kum kuba ndingumbhali, mna. Hayi nje uhlobo olunegama elihlala libonakala kuluhlu oluthengisa kakhulu.
Nam, ndingaba ngomnye wababhali abaneencwadi zabo umntu ohleli ecaleni kwakho kwinqwelomoya uhlala ebonakala efunda.
Kule minyaka ingama-42 ndisebenze ngokusisigxina-ngemini, ngemini-njengombhali, ukuvelisa, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iincwadi ezili-15 (izikhumbuzo ezimbalwa, ingqokelela yezincoko kunye neqela leenoveli). Ndiyenzile Inkqubo ye- INew York Times uluhlu lweeveki ezine zokuphila-ukubuya xa inguqulelo yemovie yam inoveli Usuku lokusebenza uthumele inoveli eyikhuthaze ngokufutshane kwiitshathi. Ngaphandle kwaleyo mzuzu uyintloko, ndiye ndasebenza, njengabahlobo bam abaninzi ababhali, kwinqanaba elinye okanye kwelinye locelomngeni lwezezimali. Kodwa ndibambelele kwinkolo engafiyo yokuba nangaluphi na usuku ngoku, izinto zinokutshintsha, kwaye bonke abo bafundi phaya ngaphandle abathenga iincwadi ngabantu abanjengoJodi Picoult noJames Patterson ngequbuliso bayakuqonda ukuba balahlekile, bathabathe enye yam , endaweni yoko. Kwaye nam, ndingaba ngomnye wababhali abaneencwadi zabo umntu ohleli ecaleni kwakho kwinqwelomoya uhlala ebonakala efunda.
Okwangoku, ndiyaqhubeka nokuqhuba i-Honda Civic ka-1995 kwaye ndicoca igumbi lam lokuhlambela. Kwaye, ngexesha lam lokungenzi nto, ndiyavuma ukuba ndibambe inqanaba elithile elingenamtsalane ngokukrakra kwimpumelelo yababhali abanjengoJohn Grisham kwaye-ngaphezulu kwabo bonke abanye- uJames Patterson, indoda ephethe isihloko njengeyona ilungileyo kwihlabathi- Ukuthengisa umbhali, ukupapasha iinoveli ezininzi ngonyaka kangangokuba ufuna uzinzo olupheleleyo lwabasebenzisana ukuze aqhubeke nemfuno.
Kodwa xa esi sibhengezo se-MasterClass sibonisiwe kukutya kwam, kwafika ingcinga entsha kum. Ndingayicaphukela le ndoda ngokuthengisa iincwadi ezininzi ngakumbi kunam. Okanye ndingavuma ngokuzithoba ukuba mhlawumbi lo mfo uyayazi into andiyazi, kwaye ubhalisele iklasi yakhe. Into endiyenzileyo. UJoyce Maynard. (Ifoto: Micke)
Ukuvuma izono: Ngelo xesha ndaphosa i-90 yam yeedola kwiklasi kaJames Patterson, ndandingazange ndifunde inoveli kaJames Patterson. Oku akuzange kundigcine ekubeni nembono ephantsi nge-oeuvre yendoda. Wayezenzela ebantwini, ndazixelela. Ukukhupha ngaphandle.
Kodwa nantsi apho elinye ilizwi libethe kum. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka yam emininzi yokupapasha umsebenzi wam (iinoveli ezinokuthengisa i-5,000, okanye i-10,000, okanye ukuba ndikwinyani, iikopi ezingama-20 000, kwizigidi zikaJames Patterson), enye into endiyifumeneyo kukuhlonipha abafundi. Abafundi banokungabi ngabalamli bokugqibela bezinto ezenza ubugcisa obubalaseleyo, kodwa banokuliva ibali elilungileyo, kwaye nangakumbi, babone ukuba into iyinyani okanye ibhaliwe isuka kwindawo yokugxeka okanye indelelo. Ukuba umbhali usondela kwibali lakhe ngeenjongo ezilula zokuthengisa iincwadi ezininzi, umfundi usenokulivumba, aze ahlale kude nalo. Into emsebenzini kaJames Patterson igcine abafundi befaka iidola zabo ngaphezulu kwekhondo lomsebenzi ngoku eliquka abathengisi abangama-76. Mhlawumbi ndingafunda into okanye ezimbini malunga nokuba unganjani lo mgangatho. Mhlawumbi ndingade ndiyifumane?
Ke ngenye imini bendihleli kwisifundo sokuqala kwezingama-22 kwiJames Patterson MasterClass.
Ngoku, ukuze ndicace gca, andikhange ndibenakho ukubhunga ngokobuqu nomyaleli wam. Kwakungafuneki nokuba ndiqhube naphina, okanye ndibonise ngexesha elichaziweyo. Ukuhlawula umrhumo kundinike ukufikelela kwiwebhusayithi eyilelwe kakuhle kakhulu apho, ngalo naliphi na ilixa emini nasebusuku, ndinokuthi ndibambe iintetho zikaJames Patterson — ndinqumame xa ndifuna, ndisebenze kwesinye sezabelo esihamba nesifundo ngasinye, kwi Ndiyathemba ukuba amazwi am angabamba iliso likaJames Patterson ngokwakhe. Ngendithathe ixesha elide ndifuna ukufumana la macandelo angama-22, kodwa ngenxa yokuba andizukuncipha apha-kwaye iminyaka engama-42 lixesha elibi kakhulu lokuba iincwadi zakho zingabonisi uluhlu oluthengisa kakhulu-ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba qhubeka nayo.
Ndingayicaphukela le ndoda ngokuthengisa iincwadi ezininzi ngakumbi kunam. Okanye ndingavuma ngokuzithoba ukuba mhlawumbi lo mfo uyayazi into andiyazi, kwaye ubhalisele iklasi yakhe.
Ngaphezu nje kweeyure ezintathu kamva, ndaphumelela ngokusemthethweni. Kwaye nangona ndingenile kule projekthi ndinomlinganiselo omkhulu wokuthandabuza-okona kubi, ndide: Ndangena ndicinga ukuba izifundo zakhe zinganikezela ngezixhobo ezihlekisayo-ngexesha lokugqibela isifundo sigqityiwe, kwaye uMnu. Patterson (Jim, kum , ngoku) endikhulule ukuba ndibhalele oyena mthengisi wam ubalaseleyo, bendiphuhlise imbeko yokwenyani yendoda. Nditsho nothando. Ukuba ndadibana naye kumnyhadala wencwadi ngenye imini, kwaye kwavela ithuba, ndandimbulisa njengomhlobo wakudala.
Yintoni etshintshileyo? Ukuqala, uMnu. Patterson unentabalala yolwazi, ukuqonda okuqinisekileyo kunye nobulumko obuxabiseke ngokwenene. Akunjalo malunga nobugcisa bokubhala, khawukhumbule. Kodwa malunga nokubalisa. Kwaye ekupheleni kosuku, ukuba undibuza (kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, ukuba ubuza abafundi kunye nabathengi beencwadi), yeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu. Umntu angabhala ezona zivakalisi zintle kakhulu, (njengoko uJames Patterson eya kuba ngowokuqala ukukuxelela, akwenzi njalo), kodwa ukuba ibali alimbambi umfundi emqaleni, kwaye — ubambelele — umbambe apho , Akukho nanye eseleyo enokuthi ibaluleke kangako.
Ezinye zezihloko uMnu Patterson azigubungela kwi-MasterClass yakhe: Apho efumana khona izimvo zakhe. Uyila njani abalinganiswa-kwaye yintoni eyenza ukuba umlinganiswa anyanzelise. Abahlali. Ukudala uxinzelelo. Ingxoxo. Apha uya kwiinkcukacha malunga nokubaluleka kwencoko yokubhala engavakali ngathi bubomi bokwenyani-obuya kuba budinisayo. Kodwa endaweni yoko, ukubhala incoko enobukrelekrele, engqindilili, ezele kukuxhalaba okumangalisayo kunye nokuthandabuza, kunokuba kwenzeka ntoni etafileni, okanye nakweyiphi na indawo ebomini bokwenyani, hayi-ingakumbi-obonwabisayo abantu abazama ukubaleka xa bethatha uJames Inoveli yasePatterson.
Umhlobo wam uJames Patterson ukholelwa kakhulu ekubalulekeni kolwandlalo olukhulu. Ezi ntsuku, enyanisweni, isishwankathelo inokuba yeyona nto iphambili ayibhalayo, ngelixa eguqula oko kubhaliweyo kusisigxina sababhali-mbhali. Le yindlela alawula ngayo ukuphuma kweenoveli ezintathu okanye ezine ngonyaka, kwaye esakulingana kwimingxunya yegalufa uninzi lweentsuku.
Nangona kunjalo, uJames Patterson ukholelwa ekusebenzeni nzima. Iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki, kwimeko yakhe-nangona uMnumzana Patterson engabizi ukubhala sebenza , kuba uyithanda kakhulu. Le yindoda enomdla ongathandabuzekiyo wento ayenzayo.
Ezinye izinto uJames Patterson ukholelwa kuzo: Uphando. Izimanga. Intshukumo. (Ukuba ibali alibaleki, liyatshona. Khawuleza.) Uyakukuxelela ukuba isivakalisi sakho sokuqala kungcono ube ngumbulali. Kwaye ukuba lonke iphepha kufuneka liqulathe umlinganiso womdlalo weqonga kunye namaqhinga; ukurhanela kunye nemincili egcina umfundi esihlalweni sakhe. (Ndithi ngusihlalo wakhe kuba kuyacaca ukuba uninzi lwabafundi bakaJames Patterson abazizigidi ngabafazi. Inyaniso ebendingayilindelanga.)
UJames Patterson weza kubhala evela kwihlabathi lentengiso, kwaye uhlala (njengoko mna, ngelishwa, ndingenguye) usomashishini. Musa ukumisela ukubhala i-thriller enhle, utsho. Cwangcisa ukubhala inani elonwabisayo elingu-1.
Yinto ehlaziyayo kule ndoda, ukuba ayinamibono malunga nezipho zayo. Masijongane nayo, uyasixelela. Andibhali Imfazwe noxolo .
Andikhathali ngale ndlela. … Sukucinga ngezivakalisi, uyacebisa. Gcina njeuloliwe ogqumayo apha ecaleni.
Amabali akhe anokungafani nawomnye umntu, kodwa i-MasterClass yakhe ayinakho ukukhululwa: Ukubhala kukuhamba kakuhle. Incoko yabalinganiswa iyamlingana njengeglavu, kwaye ngaphezulu kwayo yonke enye into, kufuneka siphephe abalinganiswa abanamacala amabini. Uphuhliso olukhulu lwesakhiwo 'ngumzuzu we-aha'. UJames Patterson (Ifoto ngoncedo MasterClass )
Ungaze uyikhathalele yonke loo nto. Indoda iyaqonda ukubaliswa kwamabali okumangalisayo. Xa esithi masibhale ngohlobo lokuba amagama ethu akhanyise iprojektha ye-movie kwintloko yomfundi, andinakuba naye. Nditsho kwa into enye, phantse igama ngelizwi, kubafundi bam ababhalayo, kwiiklasi endizifundisayo, amanani abo obhaliso athobekileyo (ngoku ndiyaqonda) mhlawumbi banento yokwenza nenyani yokuba hayi kanye kuyo yonke iminyaka mna ' Ndifundise ukubhala, mna, ndakhe ndathembisa ukuba ndingamnceda nabani na ukuba abhale oyena mthengisi ubalaseleyo.
Ngaba i-MasterClass kaJames Patterson inokukwenza oko? Akunjalo ukuba umntu akanalo uhlobo oluthile lwendalo. (Kwaye ukusuka kwiisampulu zokubhala ezingeniswe kwi-intanethi ngabanye abafundi endifunda nabo, ndingangqina ukuba bangaphi abangazenziyo.) I-MasterClass ayidalwanga-kwaye ayizukubakho-enokudlulisa italente, okanye eyokuqala, okanye indlebe elungileyo .
isitayilel, I-MasterClass kaJames Patterson ayikho indlela yokuqhawula. Nokuba umntu akaze ayigqibe inoveli yakhe, okanye afumane iarhente, okanye enze umsebenzi wakhe upapashwe, akuthandabuzeki ukuba uJames Patterson uya kumshiya evakalelwa kukuba abhale ibali. Iya kukhuthaza abantu, kwaye ibenze bonwabe. Ayizukubabeka phantsi. Oko kuthengiswa nguJames Patterson apha, ngokungathi nantoni na inombono wephupha, kunye nemvakalelo yokuba inokwenzeka. (Phakathi kwamacandelo akwi-MasterClass kukho enye egubungela ingxaki yobudala: Unokwenza ntoni xa uthengisa inoveli yakho eHollywood. ikhona ingxaki…)
Njengoko umhlobo wam uJim esitsho, kufuneka sifikelele kwiinkwenkwezi. Kukho izinto ezimbi kakhulu umntu anokuzenza kunokuba ondle ithemba kunye nomdlandla wentetho yokuyila, okanye ukurhweba ngokulula. UJames Patterson ulungile kuloo nto. Kwiiyure ezintathu ezithatha ukumamela onke amacandelo angama-22 e-MasterClass yakhe, abafundi banokuziva ngathi bangababhali. Banokuthumela izivakalisi ezimbalwa zomsebenzi wabo phaya phezulu, kwaye ukuba baphakathi kwabo banethamsanqa, uJames Patterson ngokwakhe unokunika impendulo. Elinye ibhinqa lalifuna ukwazi ukuba lingazikhusela njani kwingozi yokuba umntu othile, xa embona ebhala kule ndawo — kuquka noMnumzana Patterson ngokwakhe — angayiqhawula. Ndimbonile esebenza, ngesele ndimxelele ukuba angakhathazeki.
Uyabona ukuba ndinokuba krwada njani? UJames Patterson akangekhe athethe into enjalo komnye wabafundi bakhe, okanye anciphise, nangayiphi na indlela, iminqweno yabo. KuJames Patterson, nabani na apha phandle othatha le klasi inokuba nguJames Patterson olandelayo. Kwaye ukuba asi… kulungile, awunyanzelekanga ukuba ube nguJimi Hendrix ukuze ufumaneukonwaba ngokuzikhohlisa kwikatala. Kwaye masingakulibali, uBuddy Holly wadlala kuphela ii-chord ezintathu.
