In 1960, originated in France the effort to constrain literature. Created by writers and mathematic

In 1960, originated in France the effort to constrain literature. Created by writers and mathematicians, the Oulipo (Ouvroir of Littérature potentielle, Potential Literature Workshop, in free translation) provoked authors to write with rules.
The e-galaxy, which only publishes digital books, recreated the Oulipo in Brazil, through edline the Jota Seal, edited by writer Naomi Jaffe. In an interview to the blog, she explained how his work would be: "The proposal is calling authors who have few publications or no, but I think good writers, and, from there, propose challenges to them, the Oulipo templates, and make short books on a monthly basis. "
Cafiero was Naomi's student in creative writing workshop she teaches in the House of Knowledge. This meeting came the invitation, powered by the good reception of the author's books. The novel "The Cold Out Here" (COSAC Naify) was a finalist in the Tortoise and the São Paulo Award for Literature and the collection of accounts "Ten Centimeters Above the Ground" (COSAC Naify) won the City of Belo Horizonte Award.
For "Capricorn edline is coming," the challenge by Naomi had the rules: Write without adjectives Use all letters of the alphabet in all chapters, including k, wey Use at least one numeral in each chapter Each chapter should have a maximum of 500 words
Cafiero then tells the story of John, a taxi driver who finds himself in the midst of a marital edline crisis. Childhood memories and family mingle with the technology - applications for taxi - and English preparation for the World Cup. By the look of John, we know Rio de Janeiro drivers, their passengers and what about this universe - football, sex, TV, food.
The author talked to the blog to talk about the challenge posed by Jota. Cafiero edline is a former executive who left the profession to become a writer. This story is told in other interviews scattered around the network. Here he talks about his work, the difficulties to follow edline the rules and criticism. "From an artistic point of view, I intend only to compromise myself," he said.
How was dealing with the rules when writing? You watched or left to fix at a later reading? Letting go of adjectives was quiet. So I wrote some careless, looking edline to replace immediately. Over time they stopped appearing. In the end, the text became lighter, less wordy, with dominating actions. The obligation of the letters gave more work, asked constant research and review, and generated more impact on the final result. edline The appeal of using street names, for example, as an alternative to the easy solution of the names of characters like Katia or Wanderley, defined the profession of the protagonist, who became a taxi driver in the second chapter. This determined the whole scenario of the story, the streets of Rio de Janeiro. The most interesting edline is that the restrictions, and further open the door to the unthinkable, let the process of creating a game at all. I had great fun writing the book.
What changes in writing with rules? The rules take the writer of the comfort zone and guide the text for solutions that spontaneously may not appear. Both the formal point of view and from the point of view of the plot. Restriction and mandatory exercises can help the writer to feed the own style with new features and techniques. In addition, training the author to write more consciousness and intentionality. Contrary to what one might imagine, the rules may extend the scope of a text. Not coincidentally, is a recurring feature in creative writing workshops.
What rule more bother you that most caught the plot development? It did not happen. As I said, the rules were critical to the end result, and everything edline went as a big joke. Serious play, as defined Thiago Ferro, e-galaxy editor.
At the end, what is your assessment of this proposal, as a writer? Positive, no doubt. I know the potential of restrictive exercises because Naomi was using it in writing workshops edline I attended. Some of the tales of "Ten Centimeters Above the Ground" born of such exercises. Even if you "clean" the obligatorily a final review, what happened in some, the impact in the text is indelible.
You switched tales and romance. And now wrote custom. As the writer responds to these challenges? edline As they shape your technique? Actually I do not alternated. My first novel and the collection of short stories were written at the same time, and without abandoning classes of creative writing, which made me write "custom" to meet the course exercises. It was all mixed. This undoubtedly shaped my technique. My routine written, for example, born during this period. I found my time and my way of writing