- I'm on a roll. I wrote 5 poems today - but they're not very good yet
- I average 10 pages a day - but they're not very good yet
- Oh that novel's on the back burner now, not quite finished. I'm starting a new one - you have to finish a novel to get it published
- I thought, I can write better than ...(fill in the blanks here) - but they did it first
- I mean, how hard can it be? - very
- My mum/kids/best friend loves it and she/they/he reads a lot - unless they work in publishing, this doesn't help
- I have the cover sorted already - not going to happen, unless you self publish
- I was thinking Ashton Kushter for the lead when they make it into a film - yeah right
- What does an agent do for you anyway? - quite a lot
- I was never any good at spelling. I let the spellchecker/grammar checker handle that for me - eh no.
- The editor can fix the punctuation, that's what they're for, right? - eh no
- It's Twilight meets Upstairs Downstairs meets The Artist - no it's not
- How much of an advance should I expect?- very very little for a first time novelist, nothing for a poetry collection
- I've given up the day job - please no
- No I don't ever read any modern poetry - how can you write it then?
- No I don't read in the genre I'm writing in - how can you write it then?
- I've finished it today. Can I email it to you? - eh no
- I know the rules said 2,000 words but they're only guidelines. 3,000 is fine. - No it's not
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
What not to say (please)
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4 comments:
Hahahahahaha.... Brilliant! "How hard can it be?" is priceless. One I heard from a real-life published (self) author was "I always hated reading. Only started reading last year, when I started writing." Yeah... Not good.
Excellent post!
Anything to do with editing! "I think you can edit too much." (Yeah. Happens all the time with first-time writers. *Never* happens that they edit too little, no sirree.)
Thanks Guilie - you hear some of these too often
Painfully true, Claire!
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