tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post1890393080107270745..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: A Profile of the Artist a'la B.F. SkinnerPatrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-12601124901427728492012-03-19T19:45:29.182-04:002012-03-19T19:45:29.182-04:00Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty su...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Charles Dickens wrote a few of his more successful novels using a similar process. It would be a great way to obtain ideas you may not of stumbled upon otherwise; and as mentioned before, it is great for the publicity of your novel. You of course would be the ultimate authority on what would be included in the novel, so it's not like it would turn into a Wikipedia article, free for everyone to edit.<br /><br />I do have to say though, 90% of any feedback you get would probably be utter nonsense, and it would be a bit hard to manage. I can understand why you would want to hold back on doing something like this. Do what's best in your eyes. Either way, I am sure that plenty of us would be glad to read whatever you produce.Johnathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611162434868647463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-92027550634840202892012-03-18T19:47:40.431-04:002012-03-18T19:47:40.431-04:00I figured you'd say something like that. Never...I figured you'd say something like that. Nevertheless, I still think it's a good idea to try to gather an audience using reddit. If you don't want to, I could try for you.Zadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503202929776307367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-82005835163801553092012-03-16T22:20:45.415-04:002012-03-16T22:20:45.415-04:00Not a bad idea, but I'm finished with The Zero...Not a bad idea, but I'm finished with The Zeroes. I'm not rewriting any of it. It's over. It's done. If things had gone my way, the damn thing would have been totally out of my hands a year and a half ago.<br /><br />I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of crowd-sourcing ideas for my projects, either. It's basically the same thing as building a project around the results of a focus group test.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-6423962523741813482012-03-14T16:56:12.203-04:002012-03-14T16:56:12.203-04:00You should authorize a few copies for reddit.com/r...You should authorize a few copies for reddit.com/r/books and use a few excerpts from those sweet sweet rants against consumerism. Tell them about how it's about the mostly miserable yet nostalgic human experience of the younger generations during 2000-2010.<br /><br />Since this book is essentially about US, why don't you ask people to put forth items of interest and/or nostalgia for them? If you re-edited for them you could gather a huge audience. Make a topic in r/askreddit titled something like: "What would you like to see in a book about the human experience of our generation?" then in the text tell how you'll try and edit as much as you can into your book. You could end up selling a fuckton... Of course you'd need to be able to explain what "human experience" really means and implies. Though, of course, that may not be your style.<br /><br />To answer your question about reddit... yes. You are missing a good bit. It has good and bad, but you can filter your default/frontpage subreddits to fine-tune your experience (and tune out the stupid subreddits).<br /><br />I don't know how this relates exactly... but I think you should have a look: http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/value-of-a-college-degree-conversation-with-the-therapist-today.jpg<br /><br />Post anything or I figure I should just assume you missed this and try again on Friday.Zadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503202929776307367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-54508272860754125802012-03-13T16:07:52.612-04:002012-03-13T16:07:52.612-04:00So there may still be hope for hope!So there may still be hope for hope!Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-68197431819630546202012-03-13T02:31:12.280-04:002012-03-13T02:31:12.280-04:00Perhaps you should try the route less traveled? I ...Perhaps you should try the route less traveled? I found this comment on reddit, thought of you: http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/q9ssb/if_i_wrote_a_book/c3vvxnh<br /><br />:( How come John got a response when he spoke of your book but not me? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0p9jwHFr8UZadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503202929776307367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-83759660969214622652012-03-11T01:03:00.019-05:002012-03-11T01:03:00.019-05:00Hah. I replaced "sententious" with "...Hah. I replaced "sententious" with "maudlin" in a revision. After the WRA (work-related acquaintance) said the line out loud to me, it started to bother me. I couldn't remember WHY I picked that particular word or what I was trying to get at by using it. I wonder if the piece gains or loses from the switch?<br /><br />(See, this would be why writers shouldn't be allowed to edit their final drafts whenever they please. IT MEANS THEY NEVER STOP PICKING AT IT.)<br /><br />And thanks :DPatrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-36799923548218055322012-03-11T00:50:09.179-05:002012-03-11T00:50:09.179-05:00I had that one line in "The Zeroes" book...I had that one line in "The Zeroes" bookmarked. It was something like "Nostalgia is the falsest and most sententious of joys, and the people who enjoy it are the true suckers of this world." (Followed by the narrator explaining how he didn't care and he still felt it.) It was a really resonant sentence, one that I revisited several times while reading the book.John Thyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17629076787737164071noreply@blogger.com