An Archival Study of Graham Swift's Creative Theory

首先，通过阅读斯威夫特与粉丝和学者的通信，人们清楚地看到，他不遗余力地保护自己的隐私。他坚持认为，他的小说中没有自传体元素。然而，他的信件清楚地表明，他的小说是以他的经历和家庭为基础的。在阅读他的小说草稿时，又有了另一个重要发现。斯威夫特写作不仅仅是为了推进和完成一个故事。他试图创造一种特殊的文学氛围，并重写场景和对话，直到实现这一目标。读者可能会觉得奇怪，斯威夫特在没有明显的重要变化的情况下，如此多次地重写他的草稿。然而，在找到最简单的词语来表达自己的想法和感受之前，他显然并不满足。

First it became clear through reading Swift's correspondence with fans and scholars that he goes to great lengths to protect his privacy. He insists that there is no autobiographical element in his fiction. However his letters make it clear that his novels are based upon his experiences and his family. Another important discovery came about through the reading of his novel drafts. Swift does not write simply to advance and complete a story. He tries to create a particular literary mood and rewrites scenes and dialogue until this is achieved. The reader may feel that it is strange that Swift rewrites his drafts so many times when there are no apparent important changes. However he is clearly not satisfied until he has found the simplest words to express his ideas and feelings.