Comments on: What I’ve Learned So Far About Being A Novelist http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2008/12/02/what-ive-learned-so-far-about-being-a-novelist/ You already know you're being watched. Do you know you're being scored? Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: floatingrunner http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2008/12/02/what-ive-learned-so-far-about-being-a-novelist/comment-page-1/#comment-310924 floatingrunner Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:44:09 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=204#comment-310924 i actually went to the bookstore to look for this book. so you are the one who removed it from the plain bookshelf thus i can't find it yes? ;) (just kidding). [quote]4. People who don’t write novels are oddly impressed by people who do. [/quote] it is unique and amazing. i mean, given the fact that it took me a while to formulate this sentence and still not get my point across does show the difference in being able to 'communicate in writing. either that, or i just didn't really pay attention in English class~ and depsite the readiness of the interweb that anyone can angst via myspace. i am glad that i can still read something nice via the old-fashioned-hand-held-bound-leaves :D getting a doodle/concept in the head onto paper is so difficult! i actually went to the bookstore to look for this book. so you are the one who removed it from the plain bookshelf thus i can’t find it yes? ;) (just kidding).

[quote]4. People who don’t write novels are oddly impressed by people who do. [/quote]

it is unique and amazing. i mean, given the fact that it took me a while to formulate this sentence and still not get my point across does show the difference in being able to ‘communicate in writing. either that, or i just didn’t really pay attention in English class~

and depsite the readiness of the interweb that anyone can angst via myspace. i am glad that i can still read something nice via the old-fashioned-hand-held-bound-leaves :D

getting a doodle/concept in the head onto paper is so difficult!

]]> By: Lauren http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2008/12/02/what-ive-learned-so-far-about-being-a-novelist/comment-page-1/#comment-291195 Lauren Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:39:14 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=204#comment-291195 champagne and gruel. Sounds like a good theme for a party. champagne and gruel. Sounds like a good theme for a party.

]]> By: Justine Larbalestier http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2008/12/02/what-ive-learned-so-far-about-being-a-novelist/comment-page-1/#comment-291173 Justine Larbalestier Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:55:46 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=204#comment-291173 Hah! Your list is a hundred per cent accurate. Except that you left out the bits about champagne and gruel. Hah! Your list is a hundred per cent accurate. Except that you left out the bits about champagne and gruel.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2008/12/02/what-ive-learned-so-far-about-being-a-novelist/comment-page-1/#comment-289819 Lauren Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:18:21 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=204#comment-289819 You are a generous reader, Claire, far more generous than I. Interestingly, I can forgive most flaws in humans but few, any more, in the books I read. I have no idea what this says about me. You are a generous reader, Claire, far more generous than I. Interestingly, I can forgive most flaws in humans but few, any more, in the books I read. I have no idea what this says about me.

]]> By: claire http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2008/12/02/what-ive-learned-so-far-about-being-a-novelist/comment-page-1/#comment-289806 claire Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:21:48 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=204#comment-289806 <blockquote>I see the author’s sad wish-fulfilment fantasies so readily now. I see the flaws, the skimmed over middle sections, the wandering pointless sub-plots, the contrived and unreal characters. Undoubtedly, I see these sins because I commit them each and every day.</blockquote> dude, i haven't even finished my first novel and this is already happening to me. i was reading freakin' MURAKAMI (hard-boiled wonderland) and i totally saw the spot in the middle where he got bogged down and ran out of inspiration when he was drafting it. interestingly, it made me love the book more.

I see the author’s sad wish-fulfilment fantasies so readily now. I see the flaws, the skimmed over middle sections, the wandering pointless sub-plots, the contrived and unreal characters. Undoubtedly, I see these sins because I commit them each and every day.

dude, i haven’t even finished my first novel and this is already happening to me. i was reading freakin’ MURAKAMI (hard-boiled wonderland) and i totally saw the spot in the middle where he got bogged down and ran out of inspiration when he was drafting it.

interestingly, it made me love the book more.

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