3 Goals for Writing Great Historical Fiction
In a lot of ways, writing historical fiction is a double-edged sword. You have the framework and structure of real
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NCTBS Credit Megan Cullen 2 hi res (1) 9-2024 f1 nick cave It’s Monday afternoon in London, and Nick Cave is feeling happy. “It’s a beautiful sunny day today, amazing weather,” he says cheerfully by way of introduction, stepping outside while we talk to soak it all in. This presents a stark contrast to the Nick Cave of the popular imagination — the gloomy impresario with the funereal visage, contemplative and severe. And while Cave’s music has always been powerfully fascinated by themes of mortality and tragedy, since the loss of his 15-year-old son, Arthur, in 2015, death has been even more central, being confronted at length on the Bad Seeds record Ghosteen (2019) and the album he co-wrote with longtime collaborator Warren Ellis, Carnage (2021), both decidedly steeped in grief and mourning. But lately, Cave says, he has come out the other side of the grieving process, and the result is the most spirited and, indeed, joyous Bad Seeds record in more than a decade: Wild God , his 18th studio album, is full-throated and exuberant, brimming with energy and life. Meanwhile, Cave continues to slave away at the side project that’s become his recent obsession, his blog, The Red Hand Files , where he fields questions from curious fans and offers sprawling, candid, and often shockingly insightful musings on life, death, and everything in between. Clearly, at 66, Cave is as productive as he’s ever been, back from the brink of despair with a newfound zest for living — and creating. In this far-ranging conversation, Cave discusses the mysteries of the creative process, the usefulness of criticism, and why writing songs is still, to this day, an incredible pain. NCTBS Credit Megan Cullen 3 hi res (3) 9-2024 nick cave I wanted to mention a personal loss I experienced and how much your music helped during the grieving process. But then it occurred to me that maybe this happens a lot — that people often tell you about their grief. Nick Cave: It actually happens all the time, yeah. I have the same problem as a gynaecologist […]
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In a lot of ways, writing historical fiction is a double-edged sword. You have the framework and structure of real
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