Lev Elena Biography

The secret of gray shadows. " What put you on such a desperate step, how to take a notebook, a pen ... and start writing? Behind him needed round -the -clock care for a long time. Nights, duty at the bed, tracking the dropper ... The text went easily, the scene clung to the scene, the necessary words were easily. The book, written in those nights, still lies "in the table." I hope she will ever see her readers.

Of course, it was a notebook, written out by small handwriting, then the second notebook, and only then the computer appeared. And what happened to these manuscripts? This is a complete story and it only needs to be edited and transferred from notebooks to a computer. Oh, I really like that plot. But a book about love, about female. So far I am not able to release these notes to the will.

There was no. She dared when she sent the first story to the network competition. And especially felt flourishing only in the workshop of writers. I insolent and published a Rat Nelly. What reviews did you get? Often I read in our workshop: “So critics went angrily”! No, I didn't have that. Even on a “torn heating pad”, the most severe test of literary skill - the comments of the participants regarding my text were essentially legitimate, fair.

But there were comments. Praised and sent to the magazine Secrets and Riddles. I'm glad. In general, criticism is a huge help to a novice writer. If, of course, to listen to it and perceive adequately. No matter how some remarks remain “a splinter in the heart”, they also have a rational grain. But we must believe in your talent, I think. If you feel that such changes are offered in the text that deprive you of individuality, immediacy, originality-you should listen, but do it in your own way.

But what about the compositions at school, diaries or what other girls hobbies? It was more interesting for me to build locks, houses on the trees. Father wanted me to hunt. I always shot well. She participated in hunting competitions in shooting - "on plates." She refused to sew skirts at the school and cook cakes. For the boys they opened a carfall - it was my dream.

I got it. I have been driving a car since the age of sixteen. Back in the school, she passed the "Mining on Railway Roads" on the "super -steortle". However, I was still a girl. They dragged me for the pigtails. But in response, they could get confused. Where did such an unusual plot come from - a girl and rats? How much will be combined with me, the author. It is difficult to say that Nelli is me.

There are elements of character. Nelly draws, hijacked the bus. But still, I think this is a collective image. Not even collective, but necessary for this story. But I can tell a funny incident from my life. Imagine a young mother. In one hand, the youngest child, in the other - a saucepan with milk. A four -year -old with a mysterious expression on physiognomy - the eldest daughter appears in the kitchen opening.

What I found! What a pretty! They sleep. And puts four rat corpses on a chair. They poisoned mice and rats in the entrance. Mom told me that only hot milk in her hand did not allow her to lose consciousness. And she slowly told me: “Daughter ... Take them out into the street.” Mom-Crime will look for them. Believe, do not believe it, I don’t remember that. It’s just that the novel needs more time.

And the story requires the ability to cut off as much as possible that it does not work for the main idea. Everything that is cut off can successfully enter a larger work. Probably, I clearly see the idea for which, for which a specific story will be written. And the fact that our life is a series of small stories that make up the novel, I think, is clear to many. My loved ones help me a lot.

I already “got” them so much with the requirements that they can call me and say: “Listen, I think you will come in handy! Such a story often happened, a drama playing in the office, a cafe, on the street simply “asks” on paper. Ideas around. They just wait for them to pay attention to them. My favorite time for thinking and thinking, the time of unexpected appearance of whole pieces of text or a brilliant plot turn is a walk in the forest.

Or the expectation of a car from the inspection. And also the turn to the doctor. Yes, everywhere ... Details are divided into important, unimportant humorous, sad, sad, specific, professional-oriented ... There are many of them. But only those that are needed for a specific story. Everything else needs to be hidden. In a piggy bank. I worked a lot with them. She taught drawing and art history.

By the way, she taught adults. Adults are the same children. This is my strongest conviction. I was very loved by the parents of the students. Increasingly, I noticed that we are not talking about how well the baby draws, but about the psychological characteristics of the child, about what help is needed to reveal his talent, how to help the child adapt in a particular environment, how to help parents understand their own child.

I saw, with me my parents began to look at their children with different eyes. I know a high -class teacher died in me. But I hope a good writer appeared.It seems to me that I can help both children and parents with my book. Well, a little bit. Why exactly the rat? Not a dragon or a dog, or something less rejected by public opinion? A good idea! The rat scares first, causes disgust - then it becomes a friend.

But for this, you need to get into her skin. Don't know. Maybe I call everyone to tolerance? To understanding other, strangers, rejected.