Ukuthola inoveli enhle ethusayo kuwukudla okunjalo, nokuyithola enamahlaya amnyama ngendlela exakile? Hhayi-ke imgodi wegolide lowo. Uma usesha amagugu anjalo, kaJason Pargin UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni iza Kunconywa kakhulu. 

Ithathelwe kwifilimu enegama elifanayo ngo-2012 - iqondiswe wuhlobo oluphambili uDon Coscarelli (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) - UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni iye yachuma ngokungalindelekile yaba uchungechunge lwamanoveli. Ukufakwa kwesine okusanda kukhishwa (okunesihloko Uma Le Ncwadi Ikhona, Usendaweni Engalungile) idala isimo esiphezulu, esiphelele somhlaba wonke (ogcwele izimuncagazi ezimunca ubuchopho ezihlukene phakathi kanye nehlelo lomthakathi wentsha) futhi isiphetho sayo yonke into isezandleni ezingakwazi ukusebenza kahle zeragi egxekayo. -Ithimba lethegi, eliphinde libe ngaphezu kwebanga labo lomholo.

UPargin – owake wabhala ngaphansi kwepeni lepeni elithi David Wong (umlingiswa oyinhloko nomlandi we UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni) - uhlale noKelly ovela ku-Murmurs kusukela ku-podcast ye-Morgue ukuze axoxe ngezincwadi zakhe, ukuphakama kwakhe ku-BookTok, nokuthi kungani ama-sidekick ezilwane angenamsebenzi enza ukwengeza okuhle eqenjini. 

Qhubeka ufunde ukuthola ingxenye yengxoxo yethu. Ungakwazi lalela inhlolokhono egcwele ngale Ukububula Okuvela kuMorgue Podcast (atholakala noma kuphi lapho uthola khona amaphodikasti akho) kanye chofoza lapha ukuze uthole Uma Le Ncwadi Ikhona, Usendaweni Engalungile.  

UKelly McNeely: Isitayela sakho siwuhlobo lwamahlaya asabekayo we-cosmic, ugqozi noma amathonya avelaphi, ngoba UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni kanye nochungechunge lwe-Zoey Ashe? 

U-Jason Pargin: Ngangingumlandeli omkhulu owesabekayo ngisakhula, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi yilokho wonke umuntu ayekufunda. Ngangiyingane yama-80s kanti uStephen King wayeyingane - kunzima ukweqisa ukube wawungaphili ngaleso sikhathi, yeka ukuthi kwakuyisimangaliso sikaStephen King. Njengokuthi, wonke umuntu wezwa ngoStephen King, kodwa awuqondi, kwakunjengoJK Rowling futhi u-Harry Potter izikhathi eziningi. Wonke umuntu wayenephepha likaStephen King esikoleni. Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi ngike ngangena ekufundeni okwesabekayo, ngoba yilokho obekupholile. Kodwa ngokusobala, nganoma yisiphi isizathu, kwathintana nami. Hhayi nganoma yisiphi isizathu engingasichaza. Mhlawumbe isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo singakuchaza, kodwa ngangikuthanda nje. 

Ngakho-ke izindaba ezaba yinoveli, UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni, lokhu kwakuphakathi kwezingcezu zezinganekwane zokuqala engake ngazibhala. Ngisho ukuthi ngenza izinto esikoleni, ngabhala izindaba ezimfishane zamakilasi okubhala ngobuciko, lolo hlobo lwento. Kodwa lapho kufika isikhathi sokubhala okuthile, futhi, ku-inthanethi enganginikela ngakho mahhala, ngikwenzela ukuzijabulisa nje, nokwenza abangani bami bahleke. Kwabonakala sengathi uhlobo oluthile lwamahlaya asabekayo lwaluphelele. 

Ngiyathanda ukuhlangana phakathi kwento embi kakhulu eyenzekayo, ebonwa ngamehlo omuntu onombono ongewona neze osontekile womhlaba. Njengokuthi ukuchaza kwabo okwenzekayo akufanelekile kangangokuthi kungenza ngihleke. Futhi ngakho lokho kwaba yinto yokuqala enganginamandla okuhlala ngibuyela kuyo. Ngoba izethameli zakho zokuqala, uma ubhala into ende njengoba kube yikho, nguwe. Uma ungajazi ngakho, ngeke uyiqede. Ngakho-ke mayelana nokufana, kungani le inoveli yakho yokuqala, lena ifomethi yokuqala noma uhlobo olungijabulise ngokwanele ukuthi ngifune ukuqhubeka nokubuyela kuyo ngamagama ayi-150,000. Futhi lokho kusho okuthile. 

Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu abaningi abazama ukubhala incwadi noma enye into ende, lapho begcina bephuma khona, kungenxa yaleso sizathu, ngoba bona ngokwabo abakujabuleli ukubuyela kuyo. Ingozi leyo. Kumbhali osemusha ozama ukuqhamuka nento ayaziyo ukuthi izodayisa, noma ezama ukubona ukuthi yini eshisayo, ngiyathanda, akukho okubalulekile uma ingakujabulisi ngokwanele ukuthi uyiqedele. Ngakho-ke mayelana nokuthi yini eyangigqugquzela ukuthi ngikwenze, ngaleso sikhathi Amafayela we-X yayinkulu. Ubungabheka zonke lezo zinto engangizibuka ngasekupheleni kwawo-90s. Kodwa uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, ngicabanga ukuthi ngisanda kuthola into ubuntu bami obabujahe kakhulu ngayo.

UKelly McNeely: Ukulungiswa kwefilimu ye UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni izuze kancane ihlelo lokulandela - iqondiswa nguJohn Coscarelli. Ifilimu ethokozisayo ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngakho kanye nencwadi, nayo ethola lokhu okulandelayo okumangalisayo, leyo nqubekelaphambili nentuthuko ibe njani, kusukela - njengoba ubusho - le ndaba oyibhalele abangani bakho nawe ku-inthanethi, nokuthi ithuthukiswa kanjani kulokhu. kule nto enkulu, le ngxenye enkulu yamanoveli amaningi, isidalwa sayo samanoveli amaningi?

U-Jason Pargin: Yilokho-ke ukuthi ukube ngahlala phansi ngahlela ukuthi kwenzeke, angicabangi ukuthi bekuzokwenzeka. Kuwuhlobo lwento engizithele kuyo. Futhi ngiye ngafunda ukuthi kumaphrojekthi amaningi abantu abaningi, kwenzeka kanjalo. Ngokwesibonelo, I-star wars kwenzeka kuphela ngoba uGeorge Lucas wayezama ukwenza a Flash Gordon ifilimu, futhi akakwazanga ukuthola amalungelo ngoba esinye isitudiyo sasisezinhlelweni zokwenza lokho okwakuzoba ngesaso Flash Gordon imuvi, ngakho kwadingeka ahlale phansi futhi abhale kabusha eyakhe Flash Gordon script futhi uvele uguqule amagama athile, futhi kwaphuma I-star wars. Njengokuthi, lokho kwakungeyona intshiseko yakhe, intshiseko yakhe yayinjalo Flash Gordon kanye nalezi zichungechunge zango-1950 kanye nalolo hlobo lwalolo hlobo lokuxoxa izindaba. Futhi uzithela phezu kwesimangaliso esikhulu kakhulu kunaleso Flash Gordon. 

Nokho, endabeni yami, eyokuqala UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni, njengoba okuthile abalandeli abakwaziyo – abantu abaningi abazi izincwadi kuphela abakuqapheli lokhu – kodwa benginayo le bhulogi, Ukumosha Isikhathi Okungenanjongo. Futhi ekuqaleni kwawo-2000s, kwakukhona ifomethi ye-athikili kuleyo bhulogi lapho okwakuyinto eyayizoqala ukuzwakala evamile kakhulu futhi eqondile, futhi yayizothola kancane kancane isiphukuphuku isigaba ngesigaba kuze kube sekugcineni, ekugcineni, uzobona ukuthi Ngikuchithele isikhathi. Lelo igama lesayithi. Ngakho-ke ngaba nezingxoxiswano zomgunyathi lapho nosaziwayo, okwathi okokuqala nje, bazwakala bejwayelekile, bese izimpendulo zabo zavele zaba abantu abangabazi nabangaziwa. Futhi ihlaya lalinjengokuthi, kulungile, ungahamba kude kangakanani kulokhu ngaphambi kokuthi uqaphele? Futhi-ke abantu ababengabalandeli besayithi, babeyazi ifomethi, futhi lokho kwakuyingxenye yokuzijabulisa, ukwazi ukuthi lokhu kuyabadida abanye abantu. 

Ngakho ukuthi i-Halloween, ngenza i-blog post, kwakuyindaba engelona iqiniso nje eyashiwo kumuntu wokuqala, njengalokhu kuyinto yangempela eyenzeka kimi nomngane wami. Futhi iqala nje futhi, iqonde kakhulu. Yazi ngifika kubo kamngani wami, uthi lentombazane ike yathi indlu yakubo ihlaselwe, ifuna silale khona ukuze sibone ukuthi kukhona okwenzekayo. Futhi kuzwakala njengendaba yesipoki eqondile. Futhi-ke ilokhu ithola isihambi nesihambi. Emakhasini ambalwa nje, bajahwa indlu yonke yile nqwaba yenyama egayiwe ethathwe efrijini lalona wesifazane. Ngakho-ke kwakuwumdlalo nje, njengayo yonke into esizeni. Kodwa abantu babekuthanda lokho kangangokuthi nge-Halloween elandelayo bafuna enye yalezo. 

Kwaba yinto yaminyaka yonke, futhi ngamunye wakhela kokugcina ngehlaya eliqanjwe ngalo UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni, sengathi ngiyakutshela ukuthi lokhu kuzoshonaphi. Futhi ngesikhathi esithile, ngase ngifikile kulokho okwakuyisiphetho semvelo sendaba, futhi, njengamagama angu-150,000, futhi lesi yisikhathi lapho kwakungavamile ukushicilela into yobude benoveli ku-inthanethi. Sasingekho isigcawu sabalandeli ngaleso sikhathi njengoba sikhona manje, lapho kunezingosi eziningi kanye nazo zonke lezi zinkundla ezihlukene ezilungele ababhali abasebasha, futhi ababhali abaningi bamanoveli baphume kuleso sigcawu. Ngenkathi ngiqala lokhu ngo-1999 noma ngabe yini, kwakungeyona into. Ngakho-ke kwakunjengokungathi, awu, akekho owangitshela ukuthi ngingakwenzi lokhu. Ngakho manje ngase nginayo le noveli eyayithunyelwa mahhala kuwebhusayithi yami. Futhi abantu babeyifuna ngephepha, ngoba leyo yindlela embi kakhulu yokuzama ukufunda inoveli, ene-CRT qapha elidala elidubula imisebe emehlweni akho ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngakho-ke ngangenze uhlelo oluzishicilele engiluthengise ngenani eliphansi kubantu ababelufuna ngoba futhi, lokhu kwakungeyona into yokwenza inzuzo okwamanje. Ukukhuluma iqiniso, i-inthanethi namanje ayikayona into yokwenza inzuzo kunoma ubani, ngaphandle kwezigidigidi ezimbalwa eziphezulu. 

Kwabizwa umshini omncane we-indie Cindezela Okuvunyelwe beza, futhi bathi, singakutholela iphepha elimnandi lalokhu, futhi empeleni singalithengisa e-Amazon. Futhi ngisayine isivumelwano nabo nge-advance yamadola angamakhulu ambalwa, kodwa lokho kwakungabalulekile, kwakuwukuthi ngale ndlela, kwakuzoba incwadi ephrintiwe ngokusemthethweni enenombolo ye-ISBN ongaya esitolo sezincwadi futhi ucele. ikhophi ye. Futhi lokho, kimina, kwaba sengathi umvuthwandaba womsebenzi wami wokubhala kuzoba yisikhathi esisodwa lapho ngibhala khona into eyayikwezinye izitolo zezincwadi esathengisa ngazo izinkulungwane ezimbalwa zamakhophi. Okuhle ngempela ebhukwini lokuqala, ngisho naleyo eshicilelwe umshicileli wangempela, kodwa lokhu kungenxa nje yomlomo we-inthanethi, yindlela abantu abaningi abazame ngayo ukuyifunda ku-inthanethi futhi baphathwa yikhanda elinjalo. Kufana nokuthi, ngizokhokha ngokoqobo amarandi angama-20 ukuze ngifunde lokhu ephepheni, lokhu konakalisa umbono wami. Kuzongisindisa ukuthi ngithole ukuhlinzwa kwe-LASIK kamuva ukuze ngikwazi ukuyifunda ephepheni. 

Ngakho-ke ngandlela thize elinye lalawo makhophi ayizinkulungwane ezimbalwa litholakala ezandleni zikaDon Coscarelli - engicabanga ukuthi abalandeli be-iHorror bayalazi igama lakhe - kodwa uma kungenjalo, wenze uchungechunge. Phantasm wenza ifilimu Bubba Ho-Tep lapho uBruce Campbell edlala khona u-Elvis, noma indoda ecabanga ukuthi ngu-Elvis. Futhi ungithinta ngaphandle kokuluhlaza efuna ukungagcini nje ngokuthola amalungelo efilimu kulokhu, kodwa ukuwenza ngempela, okuwumehluko omkhulu. Kukhona abantu abaningi abathengise amalungelo efilimu ezintweni ngo-$10k nanoma yini abayitholayo, futhi okokugcina ongakuzwa. Ngokuvamile bavele baphelele entabeni yempahla ndawana thize. Kodwa wayefuna ukuphumelela. Ngicabanga ukuthi wonke umuntu wayecabanga ukuthi wenza Bubba Ho-Tep i-sequel, futhi lokho cishe bekusekuthuthukisweni. Kodwa ngenxa yanoma yisiphi isizathu, ngicabanga ukuthi leyo phrojekthi yamiswa. Ngakho-ke ufana, ngifuna ukwenza lokhu, ubani umenzeli wakho? 

Kodwa kufana nokuthi, anginayo i-ejenti. Anginaye umshicileli. Anginaye umhleli. Anginalutho. Ngisebenza enkampanini yomshwalense ngifaka imininingwane. Futhi, anginawo umsebenzi wokwenza omunye umsebenzi wokubhala. Angikaze ngikhokhelwe ngokubhala. Ngingumfana osebenza ku-cubicle ukuthayipha izinombolo ochungechungeni lwamabhokisi kusikrini usuku lonke. Yilokho kuphela. Ngakho kwadingeka ngiyoqasha ummeli ozobheka amaphepha. Kufana nokuthi, wake wayibona enye yalezi ngaphambili? Lo mfana ufuna ukuthenga amalungelo efilimu, ungaqinisekisa ukuthi angisayini impilo yami lapha? Bese sikwenza lokho. Bese ngiqhubeka nempilo yami. 

Ngangisenomsebenzi wokubhuloga ophumelelayo ngendlela yokuthi ngase ngidumile njenge-blogger, kodwa ngangingenzi mali ngayo, okuyindlela i-inthanethi evame ukusebenza ngayo. Ungathola izethameli kodwa kunjalo. Futhi angizange ngizwe lutho iminyaka embalwa. Bese kuthi-ke, eminyakeni emibili kamuva noma ngaphezulu, uyabuya futhi athi, heyi, sino-Paul Giamatti emkhunjini njengomdidiyeli, sisebenze ukulingisa izingxenye ezimbalwa zokugcina, sizoqala ukushutha lokhu maduze. Futhi lokho ngo-2012, ngicabanga ukuthi kwase kuyiminyaka emihlanu ethenge amalungelo, ngicabanga. Ngo-2007 wathenga amalungelo, ngo-2012 ifilimu yavulwa eSundance. Ngaphuma ngendiza ngaya lapho, ngathola ukumemezela nabalingisi nabo bonke labo bantu, bathatha izithombe, sazungeza, senza umbukiso wokuqala komunye wemibukiso yaphakathi kwamabili phandle lapho. 

Umshicileli omkhulu, i-St. Martin's Press - okuwuphawu lukaMacmillan, omunye wabashicileli abathathu abakhulu abasele - bafika bathenga amalungelo okuyikhulula ngoqwembe oluqinile. Bangisayine esivumelwaneni esisha sencwadi ukuze ngenze enye inkondlo elama, eyaba njalo Le Ncwadi Igcwele Izicabucabu, lokho kwenza uhlu lwabathengisi be-The New York Times, futhi lokho kwenza umsebenzi wami wokubhala. 

Kodwa umsebenzi omningi njengoba ngiwufaka kuwo, ngibhala le ncwadi mahhala ingxenye yeshumi leminyaka ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke noma yini ngayo, nginalo msebenzi ngenxa yaleli khefu. Ngoba le nsizwa eyodwa yagijimela ikhophi eyodwa yale ncwadi engaqondakali ngendlela emangalisayo - ngokombono wayo. Futhi akagcinanga nje ngokuyibona futhi wayithanda, kodwa wayefuna ukwenza imuvi ngayo, wenza imuvi ngayo, futhi wenza imuvi ibe yinhle ngokwanele ukuthi isadlala. Iqale yaya kuDVD yabe isidlala ngekhebula, futhi manje isisakazwa. Ivuliwe - ngicabanga - i-Hulu manje, kodwa idlale ku-Netflix iminyaka embalwa. Itholakala ku-Amazon Prime. Futhi imane idlale futhi idlale futhi idlale. Futhi njalo emakhulwini ambalwa abantu abayibukayo, bayagijima bayothenga ikhophi yencwadi. Futhi lokho kwenze umsebenzi wami wokubhala ezikhathini eziningi. Yilowo kuphela umehluko phakathi kwami ​​nabanye ababhali abaningi abazikhandlayo ekusithekeni amashumi eminyaka. Ukuthi nje ngisanda kuthola lelo khefu elilodwa.

UKelly McNeely: Futhi unalo uchungechunge lwe-Zoey Ashe (Udlame Lwekusasa kanye Namasudi Awubukhazikhazi, Futhi U-Zoey Ushaya Ikusasa kuDick). Ungakwazi ukukhuluma kancane mayelana nokuthuthuka kwalolo chungechunge nokuthi lowo mlingiswa wakhula kanjani? 

U-Jason Pargin: Bangisayine esivumelwaneni sezincwadi eziningi, futhi bekungokokuqala ngathi, Hhayi-ke, angifuni nje ukubhala lolu chungechunge lwempilo yami yonke, akubonakali sengathi kukhona ofuna lokho. Futhi benginalo nje omunye umbono wochungechunge lwezinganekwane zesayensi lapho kuyikusasa, futhi ngenxa yobuchwepheshe, izinhlobo ezithile zamakhono ngokuyisisekelo angaphezu kwawomuntu zingenzeka. Kodwa kuneqembu elilodwa nje labantu lapho amandla abo amakhulu eyinkunzi nje. Bangamaxoki amahle ngendlela emangalisayo futhi abakhohlisayo kanye nabathengisi. Kufana nokuthi, ngicabanga, uDon Draper kusuka Men Mad. Kumayelana nokuthi kuwo wonke amandla ongaba nawo - kusukela ekukhanyeni kuye ekungabonakali kuya emandleni amakhulu kuya kunoma yini - akukho okudlula ukukwazi ukukhohlisa abantu nokukhohlisa abantu. 

Ngakho-ke kukhona leli qembu labantu futhi banokuqeqeshwa okufana ne-psyops, futhi baqhuba le nhlangano yobugebengu enkulu. Ngabe sengicabanga, yimuphi umuntu ohlekisayo ongaphatha lelo qembu? Kwagcina ngokuba yile ntombazane eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala evela epaki lama-trailer, enaleli kati elinukayo elithandayo, futhi yona - ngochungechunge lwemicimbi eyindida - igcina ithole ifa lalo mbuso wezigebengu. Ngakho-ke unaleli dolobha elikhulu lekusasa, elinabo bonke laba abaqaphile abaphezulu nezigebengu kanye nezilo ezicishe zibe ngabantu, kanye naleli thimba labaqhubi bezinga eliphezulu abashelelayo nabakhohlisayo. Futhi bonke bavele baholwa ngu-Zoey Ashe, le ntombazane encane evela epaki ye-trailer evele yazuza njengefa konke lokhu futhi yanquma ukuhlala. 

Ngakho-ke inhlanzi engenangqondo kakhulu ephuma emanzini engingayicabanga. Bese ebona, njengoba ubungalindela – uma uke wabona izindaba ezinjengalezi – ukuthi ukufanelekela lokhu kunalokho akucabangayo. Ngicabanga ukuthi ezimweni eziningi zabesifazane abaphelela ezweni elibuswa abesilisa ngokuphelele, ungahle ubukeke phansi umbono wokuthi akekho noyedwa wabo okubona ngaleyo ndlela, kepha nokho, kufana nokufaka isikhundla sakho njalo ngomzuzu owodwa wabo bonke. usuku olulodwa. Futhi ngakho yilokho okumele akwenze. Kufana nenguqulo engenangqondo kakhulu yalesi simo sempilo yangempela lapho othile engena evela ngaphandle futhi ekuqaleni, bayeyisa kakhulu, niyazi, ukuthi ufike kanjani lapho, noma ukuthi usithole kanjani leso sikhundla, noma kufanele abikele kuye, futhi kufanele azuze inhlonipho yabo. Ngakho-ke ithoni ifana kakhulu nethi UJohn Ushona Ekugcineni izincwadi, kodwa iza emhlabeni ngombono ohluke ngokuphelele. Futhi izinto lezi zindaba ezikhuluma ngazo zihlukile kulokho okushiwo yizindaba zikaJohn noDave.