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Since the inception of language stories have been stolen and imitated. However, in the modern world, when does that line get crossed? In this video today we will analyze the psychological reasons why people steal from Cormac McCarthy, an example of an author stealing for Cormac, and some discussion on the general ethics of imitating/stealing.

A couple years ago I wrote Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" by hand. This process took months but revealed a lot more than reading "Blood Meridian" multiple times. Today, I will talk about my experience writing "Blood Meridian by Hand," the benefits of doing so, and some of the things I learned about the text from the process.

Today we will be talking about Cormac McCarthy's high school experience. This will be a part of a new series titled "The Life of Cormac McCarthy" which will be a biography on all the parts of his life! Cormac McCarthy attended high school at "Knoxville Catholic School" from the years of 1947-1951. His two older sisters were very active and successful students and were also the editors for the school paper. However, as the middle-child, Cormac was of course going to take a different path. For the next four years, Cormac went pretty under the radar. He was an artist for the school newspaper, in the choir, and liked to play softball. But, in general, Cormac steered clear of most of the emotional and time sucks that high school offers.

I know most of my subscribers hate astrology, but we are here in the ASTRAL anyway doing a full breakdown of Cormac McCarthy's birth chart and astrology. This is a blind astrology reading and I thought it went very well. So many odd connections that align with McCarthy's personal life. Blood Meridian T-Shirt https://writeconscious.com/blood-meridian-shirt/ Cormac McCarthy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on July 20, 193. He is best known for his work as a novelist but has also written screenplays that have been produced into Academy Award Winning Films.

Today we will be doing a breakdown of Cormac McCarthy's three failed marriages to Lee Holleman, Anne Delisle and Jennifer Winkley. This isn't a gossip video, but rather an analysis how his marriages and divorces influenced his novels. McCarthy's four southern novels, "The Orchard Keeper," "Outer Dark," "Child of God," and "Suttree" are the main pieces we will be talking about today! https://amzn.to/3Y4L4lW

Does Cormac McCarthy's work align with the literary tradition of Romanticism? This series will explore Cormac McCarthy's relation to literary, religious, and other traditions. I will once and for all rank one by one all the labels scholars have put on McCarthy and see which one reigns supreme. Topics covered include Gothic Fiction Historical Romance Emerson, Whitman, and Melville Nature and Romance Is Melville a Romantic? and much more....

Cormac McCarthy rarely gives advice on writing novels.

"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy is one of his most controversial books. Some McCarthy fans view it as a step away from his western/southern works, sci-fi gatekeepers view it as a weak stand-in novel to prevent "real" sci-fi authors from being given awards/press, and random readers can't understand the dark style of the work. Today I will be going over all the main objections of this book, and hopefully refuting all of them! Sorry for the hiatus, was super sick and am moving from Nevada to Arizona right now! Also, the mic cut-offs that happened in this video will be fixed in the next one. Dealing with a new studio room and need to get some rugs, bookshelves, and other stuff in here for soundproofing! What do you think of "The Road?"

Reading some of Cormac McCarthy's "The Passenger" bad reviews on Goodreads. We then talk about Carl Jung and Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris, and a bunch of other fun stuff!

This is a book review of “Stella Maris” by Cormac McCarthy. Today we will be doing a short breakdown of Alicia Western's life, her account of what happened with Bobby Western in Cormac McCarthy's "The Passenger," and some other crazy moments in this book. We will be discussing Cormac McCarthy's integration of math and science in Alicia's characterization, the effect of the Manhattan Project on the Karma of the characters, and a bunch of other fun things. Sign up for my Cormac McCarthy newsletter the link is down below! ⬇️ Writeconscious.com/Cormac-McCarthy-Course

Today we are going to hear Cormac McCarthy talk about Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the purpose of philosophy. Newsletter: Writeconscious.com/cormac-mccarthy-course

Today we are going to watch a clip where Cormac McCarthy discusses his experience receiving the MacArthur Fellowship!

"I got some secrets I'm gonna die with" - Lester Ballard Quick Cormac McCarthy edit with movies"Child of God" and "No Country For Old Men." Link to the new music video I got the song from :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=605sWoD5qxU&ab_channel=TopDawgEntertainment

This video is episode two in our series of analyzing the influences of Cormac McCarthy. Today we veer away from our primary text for the series, "Books are Made out of Books" and into some analysis of how Cormac McCarthy's first divorce influenced the narrative of "Outer Dark." All the connections feel very close to the connection of David Lynch's anxieties that created "Eraserhead." I didn't mention David Lynch was also in a failing marriage with a child he didn't really want! Next video up will be "The Orchard Keeper."

People love to call Cormac McCarthy a nihilist. However, I think that's a pretty lazy label. Today, we will be hearing Cormac McCarthy discuss why he writes dark novels in a 2011 interview with Lawrence Krauss and Werner Herzog. McCarthy has never really discussed this at length before, and at some level, this is as close as he gets to talking about his own writing process. More videos dropping soon! If you want to join the McCarthy newsletter link is down below. Also, dropping daily McCarthy content on social media and on the McCarthy Underground Podcast. This is the 3rd reupload because of some problems lol... Sorry! Newsletter: Writeconscious.com/Cormac-McCarthy-Course Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4nZbGbzEXfgPSyLL6jikld Instagram.com/writeconscious Tiktok.com/writeconscious Twiter.com/writeconsicous

Here is a clip of Cormac McCarthy speaking about some of the problems of finding success while you're still young. Even though they are talking about physicists, his ideas and thoughts can apply to all fields. After the clip, we will discuss McCarthy's career trajectory, failures, and eventual long-term success. https://writeconscious.com/cormac-mccarthy-course

We are exploring Cormac McCarthy's advice on scientific writing today. I will be aiding this presentation by showing how McCarthy uses his scientific writing tips in his paper "The Kekulé Problem." Cormac McCarthy did not write this piece. However, McCarthy did help edit the books and papers of the two Santa Fe Institute members who did write this piece and I'm sure it was written with McCarthy's consent. Link to article https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02918-5 Link to McCarthy's paper https://nautil.us/the-kekul-problem-236574/

Today we will be watching a clip where Cormac discusses his experiences and perspectives on being an editor for some of the greatest scientific thinkers in the world right now! He of course trashes semi-colons and discusses some other perspectives on being an editor. Tomorrow I will be releasing a big breakdown of Cormac's advice on how to write a scientific paper and showing how McCarthy applies his advice in his scientific paper "The Kekulé Problem"

We will be viewing some timelines today and analyzing how long Cormac McCarthy has actually been working on "The Passenger" and Stella Maris. It could be anywhere from 40-60 years depending on the source lol! The first source is McCarthy himself, the second source is what seems to be common knowledge from McCarthy scholars, and the third is from a famous bookstore owner in New Orleans. https://writeconscious.com/cormac-mccarthy-course

Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami is a great craft book for fiction writing. Today I will be doing a book review and book breakdown of all my favorite parts of the book! I plan on dropping a ton more Murakami content on this channel soon, so be sure to subscribe if you want more Murakami content!

Today we will be talking about the only statement that we know of that Cormac McCarthy has said in relation to "The Passenger" outside of a general synopsis of it he's made in a couple interviews. This was found in a box in relation to McCarthy's novel "The Road." However, this statement does not reveal the plot or direction of the novel, but rather a maybe "inspirational" quote about the process of writing "The Passenger." As we talked about in other videos McCarthy may have been working on The Passenger for 40-50 YEARS! So it's 100% understandable that he was worried about perfectionism.

Today we will be exploring some legitimate sources that Cormac McCarthy explored LSD/Psychedelics in the early parts of his career.

In a recent Cormac McCarthy interview he made a couple comments on classical education and how that has been lost in the western world. The conversation took this turn while they were discussing geniuses in the realm of physics. The interviewer asks Cormac why thinkers like Oppenheimer and Einstein seem to be extinct now. After the clip, I dive into a discussion about the collapse of classical education, the state of education right now, and the path forward to restoring classical education. This was taken from Cormac McCarthy's 2022 interview with the Santa Fe Institute. https://writeconscious.com/cormac-mccarthy-course

My favorite Cormac McCarthy novel is "The Crossing." So, today we are kicking off a new series that will be exploring all of Cormac McCarthy's influences. There are over 150 confirmed influences alone!!! However, today we will explore the two influences that Michael Lynn Crews documents in his book "Books Are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy's Literary Influences." Crews had access to over 100 boxes of Cormac McCarthy's early drafts, notes, and papers which had a ton of notes in the margins about what McCarthy was inspired by.. and who he stole from! I am super excited to dive into "The Crossing" some more in my Cormac McCarthy course which drops on December 5th when we start to explore "The Orchard Keeper" together. If you want to know more, make sure to sign up to my Cormac McCarthy newsletter!

Today we will be watching a clip and having a discussion on Cormac McCarthy’s thoughts on Robert Oppenheimer. At some level, McCarthy and Oppenheimer are dyads and shadows of each other! Oppenheimer appears in Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Passenger" and in this video, we will also discuss Oppenheimer's schizophrenia in relation to Alicia's schizophrenia in "The Passenger." We will also be discussing Robert Oppenheimer's favorite books.