How did Saramago develop his unique writing style?
My style is not something that was consciously designed, but rather something that emerged from the very act of writing, from the need to capture the flow of thought, the hesitant unfolding of events, the way consciousness itself operates. I found that the conventional punctuation, the rigid separation of sentences, often imposed an artificial order on the chaotic nature of experience. So, I began to let the clauses flow, to link ideas with commas, to use long paragraphs that mimic the rhythm of speaking or the continuous stream of an inner monologue. It is an attempt to reflect the interconnectedness of things, the way one thought bleeds into another, and to invite the reader into a more immersive, less imposed way of reading.
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