Let me be the first to get my kicks in re: National Novel Writing Month and the posers who like to play at being REAL writers. Have a look at this one, wannabes:
Whoo! I had given up on seeing updates for this site. I’m glad to see I was wrong. (Yes, I could sign up for the feed. I could also go out and contract an STD or learn to play the accordion, but I shall do none of those things.)
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
I think this is my favorite demotivator yet!
Let me be the first to get my kicks in re: National Novel Writing Month and the posers who like to play at being REAL writers. Have a look at this one, wannabes:
http://cliffjburns.wordpress.com
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/20/081020fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all
This New Yorker article will probably horrify you.
Whoo! I had given up on seeing updates for this site. I’m glad to see I was wrong. (Yes, I could sign up for the feed. I could also go out and contract an STD or learn to play the accordion, but I shall do none of those things.)