tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post112754255122876524..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: In Praise of Truly Awful Writingbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1127797037828693292005-09-27T12:57:00.000+08:002005-09-27T12:57:00.000+08:00"Dear Porty, I'm sure all good writers create a to..."Dear Porty, I'm sure all good writers create a ton of bad writing on the path to good"<BR/><BR/>I suppose there are bad writers who do the same thing. Is there really a path to good ? I'm sure you're not wrong, but how do you know I'm not right ?<BR/><BR/>"if you don't maybe that's why you ain't getting your stuff published yet ..."<BR/><BR/>Maybe you're assuming too much :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1127741327809683572005-09-26T21:28:00.000+08:002005-09-26T21:28:00.000+08:003rd chimp - love the Richard Bach quote. So true. ...3rd chimp - love the Richard Bach quote. So true. (I read JLS when I was about 15 and thought it brilliant. Makes me really want to laugh at my stupid self!!)<BR/><BR/>Yes ... dearest Oscar had boxes ... cheers me up no end.<BR/><BR/>namra - I think he could write about the boy because he had worked with kids with Aspergers .. but even so .. yes is soms feat of imagination<BR/><BR/>must read your story or must rope you in for our critiquing group ...<BR/><BR/>eliar - yes, it is hard to have a character who is so emotionally detached and keep the reader interested in him ...<BR/><BR/>kak teh - hope for me too ;-D<BR/><BR/>porty - there is some v. good stuff published these days and i'm sorry for you if you don't see that ... I think The Curious Incident was the very first time that someone had tried to get an Aspergers sufferer down to the page ... it wasn't just a case of hype ... remember too that it was intended to be a kid's book ...<BR/><BR/><I>"Baron Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton."</I> Kindly explain ...<BR/><BR/>Dear Porty, I'm sure all good writers create a ton of bad writing on the path to good ... if you don't maybe that's why you ain't getting your stuff published yet ...<BR/><BR/>Yes, Aspergers as in the syndrome ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1127737937756588692005-09-26T20:32:00.000+08:002005-09-26T20:32:00.000+08:00Hey is that "Asperger's" as in "Asperger's Syndrom...Hey is that "Asperger's" as in "Asperger's Syndrome" ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1127735115592201062005-09-26T19:45:00.000+08:002005-09-26T19:45:00.000+08:00I don't know why some books work and some books do...I don't know why some books work and some books don't. I'm seriously wondering whether it's just hype that sells a book. I've read many so-called bestsellers and come away seriously underwhelmed. In fact, I think most modern literature does not have the quality it used to have way back then. George Orwell is still being read after so many decades. Mark Twain, Lewis Caroll, J. M. Barrie -- still being read after all these years. If you really want to write a novel these days, it seems all you need is good publicity, a good command of the language, and a penchant for BS. It's gone commercial.. I mean ask yourself, _what_ is so good about "Curious Dog" ? you just need to have good PR people and the ability to use the write.. er... right words at the right times. It's not so difficult. <BR/><BR/>As for "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit" all I have to say is - Baron Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton.<BR/><BR/>I'm not going to say anyone is lying here, but I think if I ever became famous, I'd say the same thing, that I had boxes and boxes of stuff etc. I sure wouldn't say.. well my publisher said I should write about this because he's sure it would sell, and so I did and it sold. <BR/><BR/>It's good PR to say things "I had boxes and boxes of..." because it's what people want to hear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1127579800145876572005-09-25T00:36:00.000+08:002005-09-25T00:36:00.000+08:00Sharon, thanks - there's hope for thelikes of me, ...Sharon, thanks - there's hope for thelikes of me, then!Kak Tehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856864485917633260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1127573781395561122005-09-24T22:56:00.000+08:002005-09-24T22:56:00.000+08:00I was rather underwhelmed by the book after all th...I was rather underwhelmed by the book after all the raving reviews it had gotten. Perhaps it was the portrayal of the hero, who was supposed to be emotionally detached and such, which would be considered a success, but ultimately, the one factor that turned me off from the book. But look at the bright side, I DID manage to finish it in one sitting.Edmund Yeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686957805877313432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1127565376745871182005-09-24T20:36:00.000+08:002005-09-24T20:36:00.000+08:00i love reading that book. i'm still in wondering o...i love reading that book. i'm still in wondering of how exactly did he managed to illustrate how the boy think.<BR/><BR/>me i wrote many bad stories on my blog. man i need to get my grammar to workshop. take my newest posted story in my blog (aka *hint hint*, lol) - excuse me sir? for instance. the whole thing is just confused. i dont even know whats wrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1127545498300264882005-09-24T15:04:00.000+08:002005-09-24T15:04:00.000+08:00Thank you for sharing this, Sharon! Inspiration f...Thank you for sharing this, Sharon! Inspiration for all of us! It reminded me of a quote I read recently from Richard Bach: "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." (I think Bach wrote Jonathon Livingston Seagull, so there may be people who wish he HAD quit!)<BR/><BR/>It also reminded me of the Q&A session with Oscar Hijuelos at the KL Lit Fest. I asked him if he had written his first published novel, Our House in the Last World, just like that, with no previous attempts at novel writing. He said, emphatically, no; he had boxes of bad writing he could show to prove it.<BR/><BR/>So...let's NANOWRIMO! Let's tinker under the bonnet until we get it right!Pyewackethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475791697957193905noreply@blogger.com