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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad: I was in no haste to take the plunge into my writing life, if as
plunge this first attempt may be described. My whole being was
steeped deep in the indolence of a sailor away from the sea, the
scene of never-ending labour and of unceasing duty. For utter
surrender to indolence you cannot beat a sailor ashore when that
mood is on him, the mood of absolute irresponsibility tasted to
the full. It seems to me that I thought of nothing whatever, but
this is an impression which is hardly to be believed at this
distance of years. What I am certain of is, that I was very far
from thinking of writing a story, though it is possible and even
likely that I was thinking of the man Almayer.
Some Reminiscences |
