Comments on: Everyday I write the book http://brentgarland.com/everyday-i-write-the-book/2007/03/ tomfoolery. strange ideas. eclectic prattle. Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:04:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Brent http://brentgarland.com/everyday-i-write-the-book/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Brent Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:04:16 +0000 http://brentgarland.com/?p=10#comment-434 Ha! A-9, thank you for the kind words of encouragement. This was written in 2007, with tongue firmly in cheek. And let's face it--I don't think, now that Joyce and Beckett are dead, there is a writer who will be able to best Fergie. Except perhaps Snooki. Ha! A-9, thank you for the kind words of encouragement. This was written in 2007, with tongue firmly in cheek. And let’s face it–I don’t think, now that Joyce and Beckett are dead, there is a writer who will be able to best Fergie. Except perhaps Snooki.

]]> By: Anonymous-9 http://brentgarland.com/everyday-i-write-the-book/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Anonymous-9 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:51:22 +0000 http://brentgarland.com/?p=10#comment-433 I advise a good meditation on all the idiots ramming out books and getting publishing deals so you can relaaax. Your problem is you're thinking about the great writers, the responsibility you have to those who inspired you. Forget that crap. It's like being on the high wire and looking down. Instead, meditate on the bad writers in print. Surely you can do better than the scribblings of Fergie or the latest best-selling crime writer, can't you? Of course you can! Relax, regurgitate your mind into the laptop, secure in the knowledge that if you're not the very best writer ever, you're far from the worst. Strip yourself naked on the page, parade all your naughty bits loud and proud. Nobody can see you at this stage! Embracing mediocrity is necessary at the beginning of the creative process. You have no book until you've had a good brain-enema into the old Word commode. C'mon, Brent let it go! Your friend, Anonymous-9 I advise a good meditation on all the idiots ramming out books and getting publishing deals so you can relaaax. Your problem is you’re thinking about the great writers, the responsibility you have to those who inspired you. Forget that crap. It’s like being on the high wire and looking down. Instead, meditate on the bad writers in print. Surely you can do better than the scribblings of Fergie or the latest best-selling crime writer, can’t you? Of course you can! Relax, regurgitate your mind into the laptop, secure in the knowledge that if you’re not the very best writer ever, you’re far from the worst. Strip yourself naked on the page, parade all your naughty bits loud and proud. Nobody can see you at this stage! Embracing mediocrity is necessary at the beginning of the creative process. You have no book until you’ve had a good brain-enema into the old Word commode. C’mon, Brent let it go!
Your friend,
Anonymous-9

]]> 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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