Who Cares How You Write a Great Novel…
I was going to write a great post berating this Wall Street Journal article as completely annoying; a self congratulatory waste-of-time. With characteristic aplomb, Bookninja George Murray saves me the trouble:
The WSJ asks a bunch of bigtime authors how to write a great novel. I think we all know the answer to that. Be a man. Or don’t. But be something. Or don’t. Sit with your hand up in the air. Bend paperclips into talismans from demonic cults. Use notecards, computers, typewriters, biros. Write in the early morning, late at night, in the basement, garret, at the kitchen table. Use folders, dividers, colour-coded pencils. Eat burritos before you write and then hold it in to create a sense of urgency. Get out the scissors, glue and paste. What the fuck? How about this one: stop fetishizing the process and get ‘er done.
