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1、PASSENGERTOFRANKFURTAgathaChristie"Leadership,besidesbeingagreatcreativeforce,canbediabolical..."JanSmutsIntroductionTHEAUTHORSPEAKS:Thefirstquestionputtoanauthor,personally,orthroughthepost,is:'Wheredoyougetyourideasfrom?'Thetemptationisgreattoreply:'IalwaysgotoHarrods,'or'Igetthemmostl
2、yattheArmy&NavyStores,'or,snappily,'TryMarksandSpencer.'Theuniversalopinionseemsfirmlyestablishedthatthereisamagicsourceofideaswhichauthorshavediscoveredhowtotap.Onecanhardlysendone'squestionersbacktoElizabethantimes,withShakespeare's:Tellme,whereisfancybred,Orintheheartorinthehead,Howbe
3、got,hownourished?-Reply,reply.Youmerelysayfirmly:'Myownhead.'That,ofcourse,isnohelptoanybody.Ifyoulikethelookofyourquestioneryourelentandgoalittlefurther.'Ifoneideainparticularseemsattractive,andyoufeelyoucoulddosomethingwithit,thenyoutossitaround,playtrickswithit,workitup,toneitdown,and
4、graduallygetitintoshape.Then,ofcourse,youhavetostartwritingit.That'snotnearlysuchfun-itbecomeshardwork.Alternatively,youcantuckitcarefullyaway,instorage,forperhapsusinginayearortwoyears'time.'Asecondquestion-orratherastatement-isthenlikelytobe:'Isupposeyoutakemostofyourcharactersfromreal
5、life?'Anindignantdenialtothatmonstroussuggestion.'No,Idon't.Iinventthem.Theyaremine.They'vegottobemycharacters-doingwhatIwantthemtodo,beingwhatIwantthemtobe-comingaliveforme,havingtheirownideassometimes,butonlybecauseI'vemadethembecomereal.'Sotheauthorhasproducedtheideas,andthecharacters
6、-butnowcomesthethirdnecessity-thesetting.Thefirsttwocomefrominsidesources,butthethirdisoutside-itmustbethere-waiting-inexistencealready.Youdon'tinventthat-it'sthere-it'sreal.YouhavebeenperhapsforacruiseontheNile-yourememberitall-justthesettingyouwantforthisparticularstory.Youhavehadameal
7、ataChelseacafé.Aquarrelwasgoingon-onegirlpulledoutahandfulofanothergirl'shair.Anexcellentstartforthebookyouaregoingtowritenext.YoutravelontheOrientExpress.Whatfuntomakeitthesceneforaplotyouareconsidering.Yougototeawithafriend.Asyouarriveherbrotherclosesabookheisreading-th
