tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post563648323324718791..comments2023-05-28T08:10:18.767-07:00Comments on Don't Print This: A day late...primalscreamxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13270340067843252427noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-75558496015220081842007-12-28T17:29:00.000-08:002007-12-28T17:29:00.000-08:00Congratulations!!Someday I hope to join you in tha...Congratulations!!<BR/><BR/>Someday I hope to join you in that group.Buzzardbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755522048417416544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-68668704485825834312007-12-28T07:05:00.000-08:002007-12-28T07:05:00.000-08:00Good for you! Last time I tried to write a novel,...Good for you! Last time I tried to write a novel, I was 20 and got three quarters of the way through before I hit that "well... I have no idea how I'm going to finish this" brick wall that most inexperienced first-time writers hit.<BR/><BR/>The fact that it was a totally meaningless, surreal piece of garbage was, of course, another brick wall that was waiting to be hit, further down the line...Spike Nesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03512829768413676052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-29363536106314182862007-12-26T15:03:00.000-08:002007-12-26T15:03:00.000-08:00Fuckin' A indeed. Good on ya!Fuckin' A indeed. Good on ya!Janis Blandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151059294317303209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-81303039742537553622007-12-26T07:34:00.000-08:002007-12-26T07:34:00.000-08:00The 80 to 120 thing is for first-time novelists. T...The 80 to 120 thing is for first-time novelists. The reason, as I understand it, has to do with what the buying public is willing to plop 7 bucks down for in paperback. <BR/>People like Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King and Kurt Vonnegut can write novellas, publish and sell them -no problem. Of course, none of them did that without first having a substantial track record and even King published some of his earlier novellas like "The Shawshank Redemption" as part of a collection.<BR/>That's okay. When I wrote my book, I wasn't shooting for the minimum. I figured going into it that it was going to take me about what it did. I knew that after I had thirty thousand words down and the end was nowhere in sight.<BR/>When I was trying to play along with the November Novel writing thing, I was worried about having to end it at 50. <BR/>The next one... well, that's another story isn't it?primalscreamxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270340067843252427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-57586412957568276082007-12-26T07:15:00.000-08:002007-12-26T07:15:00.000-08:00I'm sure your novel writing prof knows what he/she...I'm sure your novel writing prof knows what he/she is talking about, but I don't get the 80-120k words thing. It reminds me of the scene in "Amadeus" where the king is complaining that the piece "has too many notes".<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry, Mr. Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five simply has too few words to be considered. Why don't you drag it out a little and resubmit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-45167114812541712292007-12-26T06:25:00.000-08:002007-12-26T06:25:00.000-08:00I haven't checked the word count, but a rough esti...I haven't checked the word count, but a rough estimate is around 90,000. My novel writing prof said I needed to have it come in over 80,000 and less than 120,000. <BR/>With the editing and revisions, it will probably edge up to 100,000 words, but not much over. <BR/>And yes... a taste tomorrow.primalscreamxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270340067843252427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-50666516855543717942007-12-26T06:17:00.000-08:002007-12-26T06:17:00.000-08:00How 'bout a taste?How 'bout a taste?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-33632977318507535982007-12-26T06:12:00.000-08:002007-12-26T06:12:00.000-08:00Congrats, man. Way to kick ass to get that done.Congrats, man. Way to kick ass to get that done.The Film Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080767812254265614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597066084612634836.post-19199444157710857392007-12-26T05:44:00.000-08:002007-12-26T05:44:00.000-08:00That's pretrty awesome!Lots of people talk about w...That's pretrty awesome!<BR/>Lots of people talk about writng a novel. You did it. <BR/>That takes a lot self discipline - and usually lots of caffeine(sp?)!<BR/>The fact you were able to put 40,000 words on paper in a cohesive flow is a hell of an accomplishment - whether it sucks or not. <BR/>Way to go Bill! <BR/>And yeah, I'm jealous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com