Comments on: Everyday I write the book http://brentgarland.com/everyday-i-write-the-book/2007/03/ tomfoolery. strange ideas. eclectic prattle. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:02:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Katie http://brentgarland.com/everyday-i-write-the-book/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Katie Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:07:13 +0000 http://brentgarland.com/?p=10#comment-95 hahahhha! That is pretty much the exact process that I go through when writing my stupid science papers. hahahhha! That is pretty much the exact process that I go through when writing my stupid science papers.

]]> By: Steamy Kitchen http://brentgarland.com/everyday-i-write-the-book/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Steamy Kitchen Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:53:01 +0000 http://brentgarland.com/?p=10#comment-92 I have a feeling in about 3 months, I'll come back to you and say, "Ah ha! I understand now!" Just got a cookbook deal this week and I'm scared to death about writing for something that stays on bookshelves for a long time! There are no "control-z"s to undo anything i write! I have a feeling in about 3 months, I’ll come back to you and say, “Ah ha! I understand now!”

Just got a cookbook deal this week and I’m scared to death about writing for something that stays on bookshelves for a long time!

There are no “control-z”s to undo anything i write!

]]> By: Jake http://brentgarland.com/everyday-i-write-the-book/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jake Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:03:04 +0000 http://brentgarland.com/?p=10#comment-4 Noting well that you left out some clear requirements of writing, at least the way I understand it or have seen it portrayed in the media. Coffee - voluminous quantities. Perhaps the reason that Volatire did as well as he did was the 50+ cups a day. Or perhaps that was Balzac. Or maybe it was just the kidney stones. You wait until 8:00AM to get the coffee. Too late. You should have started before bedtime. Angst - Self Loathing is insufficient. You should have loathing about something EXTERNAL. Try working retail. Perhaps Eliot's bank days (T.S., not George) led to the passion in his works. Then again maybe not. Abject Poverty - You have a TV, so I guess this is not sufficient poverty. Try not eating. This may lead to hallucinations. You might be able to use this. Drug use - See Coffee, hallucinations. Noting well that you left out some clear requirements of writing, at least the way I understand it or have seen it portrayed in the media.

Coffee – voluminous quantities. Perhaps the reason that Volatire did as well as he did was the 50+ cups a day. Or perhaps that was Balzac. Or maybe it was just the kidney stones. You wait until 8:00AM to get the coffee. Too late. You should have started before bedtime.

Angst – Self Loathing is insufficient. You should have loathing about something EXTERNAL. Try working retail. Perhaps Eliot’s bank days (T.S., not George) led to the passion in his works. Then again maybe not.

Abject Poverty – You have a TV, so I guess this is not sufficient poverty. Try not eating. This may lead to hallucinations. You might be able to use this.

Drug use – See Coffee, hallucinations.

]]> By: Kerstin http://brentgarland.com/everyday-i-write-the-book/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Kerstin Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:17:41 +0000 http://brentgarland.com/?p=10#comment-3 The best works of art always take the longest to create. The best works of art always take the longest to create.

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