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>Murakami began to write fiction when he was 29.[18] "Before that", he said, "I didn't write anything. I was just one of those ordinary people. I was running a jazz club, and I didn't create anything at all."[19] He was inspired to write his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing (1979), while watching a baseball game.[20] In 1978, Murakami was in Jingu Stadium watching a game between the Yakult Swallows and the Hiroshima Carp when Dave Hilton, an American, came to bat. According to an oft-repeated story, in the instant that Hilton hit a double, Murakami suddenly realized that he could write a novel.[21]

I thought you had to write every day for thousands of days starting at age 13.

>> No.9274681

thats if you want to be good

>> No.9274694

>Murakami began to write fiction when he was 29

Oh it shows!

>> No.9274695

writing isn't actually that hard, the hard part is having something interesting to say

>> No.9274708

>>9274677

Screw writing novels. How the fuck do I begin running a jazz club?

>> No.9274724

>>9274695
this.

>> No.9274737

>>9274677
>Murakami began to write fiction when he was 29

Yeah, it really shows.

>> No.9274748

>>9274708
Get a club, call it a jazz club, have jazz players over.

>> No.9274763

>>9274695
Or saying something in an interesting way

>> No.9274769

>>9274695
No one has anything interesting to say.

>> No.9274779

>>9274748
get a club, club fusion players with it

>> No.9274794

I'm reading Dance Dance Dance. When I heard these self described Patricia's praising Murakami, I expected something profound. This is just a comfy, mildly enjoyable read.

>> No.9274819

>>9274794
well from my my experience the quality of his books varies greatly, so much so I just don't expect anything anymore from him and I hope it's at least in some respect good. This approach has its flaws though, I read the colorless Tsukuru Tazaki all the way to the end and it was garbage through and through.

Murakami and his editor are apparently both in love with Murakami, and it shows IMO

>> No.9274825

>>9274677
Men mature mentally at 30. Jesus was 30. Buddha was 30. Einstein was 30. Quite frankly you don't know shit until you reach 30. And even then you only realize that you don't know shit and start to actually work to improve yourself.

>> No.9275108
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