Re: book burning
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:55:04 +1100
I should add here that I'm very much in agreement with two quotes I once
read. I can't for the life of me remember who either of them were spoken
by, but one is:
`What was it like writing a novel? Like giving birth to a baby grand
piano'.
The other was:
`Writers don't like to write; they like to have written.'
I generally write in a half exalted half frenzied state, but ultimately I
think it's nicer to have a good fat manuscript in your hand than a bunch of
work I haven't done yet (: Guess that's why I'm also a subscriber to the
`go with your first hunch rather than endless endless rewrites' school,
too.
Joining the queue for scottie.com to purchase the Bowman back catalogue
online,
P.S. to Paul - there's plenty of my writings on both my webpage and if
you'd like more I'd be happy to furnish you with them.
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
@ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
@ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest
Paul Kennedy wrote:
> OK, Scottie.... It's YOUR prerogative, as a published author, to despise
the
> immature drivel that the London critics praised without remorse.
> But it's utterly unfair for you to tantalize the list without offering
> titles, publishers, and any notable noms-de-plume we ought to know about,
in
> order to judge the worth of your pre-pubescent prose for ourselves.
>
> Beyond that, to agree at least with the gist of what you wrote (and also
> with Will, whose poems apparently grow up and leave home without their
> American Express Cards...): There's no fun fawning over work once it's
> done. There's a tiny little part of me that sometimes lays some claim to
> being a "writer". When I'm wearing that particular hat, I'm all-consumed
by
> whatever I'm writing. For the first few months after I've finished any
> project, I feel that I know it well enough to repeat it completely in my
> head. After that, *poof*, I never want to hear anything about it, ever
> again! I'm on to other projects. I'm working on the best thing that
I've
> ever done.
>
> But I DO want to read your juvenalia, Scottie (OR, if you've anything
more
> mature--and less embarassing--you'd like to recommend).... Please tell me
> where I can find something you've written!
>
> ....ditto Camille, Will (just send me the address of the place they're
now
> living), Tim (as we've already discussed....), and Rick (lanky, blonde,
> left-footed soccer players....... Ingrid Bergman..... hmmmmm.....)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul