tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post4996119084535484903..comments2024-01-27T00:42:48.097-08:00Comments on Renaissance Oaf: The State Of The NovelSean Cravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-53725532809903977862011-06-22T15:00:35.106-07:002011-06-22T15:00:35.106-07:00I hear you! There's a point that I call the 2/...I hear you! There's a point that I call the 2/3rds doldrums where you just just don't seem to make any headway. The more times you go through the novel, the more times you hit the doldrums.<br /><br />Fair winds, good sailing, and other sea-based metaphors for luck and skill.EFKelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107366346233818007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-86646397441319604132011-06-20T13:44:52.866-07:002011-06-20T13:44:52.866-07:00Eric, I have said and do maintain that your plotti...Eric, I have said and do maintain that your plotting suggestion attached the novel's spine to its skull. This draft is a lot better, but honestly? I want it done. I want it dead and buried so I can get on with my fuckin' life, he sniveled.<br /><br />One foot in front of the other...Sean Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-87786105538565710252011-06-20T13:21:59.744-07:002011-06-20T13:21:59.744-07:00I look forward to hearing what he says about it.
...I look forward to hearing what he says about it.<br /><br />I wouldn't sweat what the commercialites say. It doesn't sound like they put themselves into the novel's shoes, as it were. From what I've read of the original draft, and from what I know about the re-plot, I think you're poised to create a superior work. This is coming from a serial commercialite. You know my work. Nothing deep, very little experimentation. If I'm waxing poetic it's about cleavage or arterial sprays. ;-)EFKelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107366346233818007noreply@blogger.com