Re: the "Maynard on Salinger" article
Andy Wishart (wishy@nettaxi.com)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:25:11 +0000 (GMT)
>Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 16:34:54 -0400 (EDT)
>From: LeMelon@aol.com
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Subject: Re: the "Maynard on Salinger" article
>Message-ID: <4d419cf.35ccb66f@aol.com>
>
> I think it's insane to distrust the motives of a writer that doesn't
>necessarily want his work to be read. It seems to me that the only reason you
>would rush out to a publisher as soon as you've finished is because you're
>hungry for fame or profit.
I don't think questioning the concept of writing without ego suggests
you should rush to a publisher. Actually I'd say that hoping for fame
or profit as a writer is probably as mad and ill-advised as attempting
to write without ego.
> Some of the best novels (and questionably most of Salinger's works) are
>autobiographical, or at least based on the author's life experiences. I think
>that if I were to write something so personal as that, I would sooner die than
>have it published.
Then it's probably unlikely you'd commit it to paper in the first
place. At least, there doesn't seem much point. Even diaries and
journals are presumably for reading even if it's only -supposed- to be
by the writer.
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Cheers,
Andy