Uma ubuza umbhali uJosh Malerman ukuthi kanjani inoveli yakhe Ibhokisi Lezinyoni waba khona, uzovuma ngokukhululekile ukuthi umqondo wokuqala uzwakala umuhle kakhulu.

Konke lokhu kuqale ngesikhathi kushayisana imicabango emibili ethakazelisa kepha engafani ngokuphelele, futhi ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, uhlale phansi ne-iHorror ukuxoxa ngendlela abahlangane ngayo, nentokozo yakhe yokuthi iNetflix isize kanjani ukuletha inoveli yakhe kuzethameli ezintsha ekuzivumelaniseni okuthokozisayo.

“Kuthiwani uma i- umqondo beza edolobheni lakho, umqondo wokungapheli, futhi bewuqinile ngokwanele ukuthi ungabizwa ngesidalwa futhi ungqongqoze emnyango wakho, ”kuchaza uMalerman. “Lowo mqondo wawunamandla amakhulu kimi ngoba izingqondo zethu azinazo izinto zokuqonda okungapheli. Ukuzama ukukuqonda kungasicasula. ”

Cishe ngasikhathi sinye, umbhali wayenesinye isithombe ekhanda lakhe ayengeke akwazi ukukuqeda lokho okwakuthinta umama nezingane ezimbili ukuzama ukuhamba emfuleni ugoqwe amehlo. Uqale ukubhala ngabathathu, kepha uvinjelwe ukuthi bagcina kanjani kulesi simo esingesihle.

Ngokungazelelwe, njengezicucu ezimbili ze-puzzle, imibono yajoyina. Kwakunento engaqondakali nxazonke kubo, futhi ukuze babalekele le ngozi, kwakudingeka bathuthe, kodwa kwakudingeka bakwenze bengaboni.

"Umqondo wavele waqhuma nje engqondweni yami," esho. “Ngibhale amagama angama-4300 ngosuku izinsuku ezingama-26; kwakungokuhlangenwe nakho okuketshezi kakhulu empilweni yami. Ngizwe sengathi bengifunda le ncwadi ngenkathi ngiyibhala! ”

Futhi kungekudala, kwabhalwa, kwahlelwa, kwahlelwa indaba kaMalorie, owesifazane okhulelwe ozithola ehlanganyela indlu nabanye abasindile kunhlupho eyindida yezidalwa ezikhona lapho zidala ukuhlanya nokufuna kwakhe ukubalekela endaweni ephephile. phezulu nguHarper Collins wokushicilela.

Ikhanda lombhali lase livele lizulazula enhlanhleni yakhe enhle ngemuva kwezinyanga ezintathu umenzeli wakhe, uRyan Lewis, emshayela ucingo emazisa ukuthi i-Universal ithenge amalungelo okuguqula inoveli yakhe ibe yifilimu. Kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho, iNetflix yathenga amalungelo kwa-Universal futhi inqubo yokuzivumelanisa nezimo yathathwa ngumbhali wesikrini u-Eric Heisserer (Ukufika, Kuphelile Ukukhanya).

“Abantu abaningi basebenzise igama elithi 'surreal' ukuchaza konke lokhu futhi kubonakala kuyigama elifanele ukuphendukela kulo, kodwa futhi kukhona okuyiqiniso,” kuchaza umbhali. "Singabantwana besizukulwane sama-movie, ngakho-ke kunengqondo ngenkathi ubhala… uyibona ngesinema."

Noma kunjalo, noma ngabe wayecabanga ukuthi ukujwayela isimo kuzobukeka kanjani, akazange aphuphe ukuthi kuzobandakanya ukulingana kwezinkanyezi njengoSandra Bullock noJohn Malkovich.

UMalerman uyavuma ukuthi kwakuwumlingiswa kaMalorie ukuthi wayehlobene kakhulu naye ukwedlula noma yimuphi omunye ngenkathi ebhala le ncwadi, emqhathanisa nalokho umuntu angakuzwa ngodadewabo oyiwele, futhi wamangala ukuthola ukuthi lobo budlelwane budlulela esikrinini.

“Ngangimazi kahle kakhulu; Ngangazi ukuthi angakwenza lokhu, futhi ngangazi ukuthi angaphila, ”kusho yena. “Ngesikhathi ngibuka ibhayisikobho, ngazithola ngizizwa ngendlela efanayo. Uhlakaniphile; unamandla, futhi nami nganginokuxhumana okufanayo. ”

UMalorie, naye uqobo, ungumlingiswa oyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, umama othukile okhulisa izingane endaweni lapho ukusinda kubaluleke khona ngaphezu kothando okungenzeka, uthi kunika abantu umbono ongeyena ekuqaleni, futhi wayejabule ngokuthi kulokho isibonelo sokunciphisa lolovalo kusenesikhathi.

Wayejabule futhi ukuthi iNetflix yayihlukile ngokobuhlanga ekusakazeni Ibhokisi Lezinyoni, mhlawumbe ukuthatha ukubonwa kokuthize okwakungekho kule noveli.

"Omunye wangikhomba ekuqaleni kwencwadi ukuthi babengacabangi ukuthi ngake ngakhuluma ngezinhlanga ezichazayo lapho," esho. “Zimhlophe yini? Ingabe bangama-African American? BangamaJuda yini? Bangaba yinoma ngubani, ngishiye lezo zincazelo zichaziwe ngamabomu futhi ngiyajabula ukuthi iNetflix yenze okufanayo. ”

Lapho konke sekukhulunyiwe kwenziwa, ngesikhathi ebuka ukuboniswa kokuqala kwale filimu emahhovisi eNetflix, uMalerman uyavuma ukuthi akayekanga ukumamatheka. Kwenziwe izinguquko ezidingekayo, kanti ezinye uyavuma ukuthi wayefisa nokuzibhalela yena.

Futhi ubengabatshelani abalandeli benoveli abangakhulumi ngokuzama ifilimu?

"Ngijabule kakhulu ngalokhu kwenzeka ngendlela engibona ngayo," kuchaza uMalerman. “Ukube ngangiqondise ifilimu, engingazange ngiyenze… ukube ngangike ngalingisa efilimini, engingazange ngiyenze… ukube ngangibhalile umdlalo weshashalazi, engingazange ngi… ngabe awusiyona incwadi leyo. Kunezinto obekufanele zehluke. Ngijabule nje ukuthi bekusezandleni zabo. ”

Ibhokisi Lezinyoni itholakala njengamanje ku-Netflix, futhi inoveli iyatholakala ezitolo ezidayisa izincwadi nangamafomethi amaningi avela kubathengisi be-inthanethi.