This will be a blog for my writing, maybe with (too much) personal thrown in. I am hoping it will be a little more interactive, with me answering questions, helping out and whatnot. If it falls this year (2024), then I may stop the whole blogging thing, but that's all a "wait and see" scenario.
Just as long as you don't start every chapter with "she woke up" and end it with "she went to bed" - I saw that on a writing advice board recently... (The person asking for advice had structured their story that way, rather than that advice being given.)
Although I agree with many of your points, I do think you're being a little hard on yourself. I dare say if any accepted classic were examined in such detail, there would be as many apparent flaws found. Certainly it's necessary to be fussy when submitting in hope of publication, but lets not edit the life out of the thing. Sometimes it's breaking the rules that defines the art.
Schnujo passed! WHEW! - I did some digging and the only place I found the "why" was that he felt "special" having these books that no-one else had. He had one of a kind books and they were his and his alone. Like the collectors who gather stuff and do not display them. (I know a guy who has the biggest collection of Australian wrestling memorabilia but unless you know him, you will never see it; it is the gathering and the owning that is the goal.)
Wow! To me, the craziest part is that he didn't have nefarious intent. He just wanted to read them. That's a LOT of effort just to read unpublished manuscripts! He was a really hard-core reader book lover! Lol Too bad he didn't have the smarts to spin that like the Angry Penguin folks did and end up making money from his notoriety. Lol
Oh, yeah! I remember the case about the kid who identified as a cat and wanted a litter tray. I wonder what she's up to now. What's she doing for a job? Has she gotten used to the idea of using a toilet everywhere or did she find a job that accommodated her? Or is she on disability? Or perhaps she's still too young for us to know the outcome?
Rachel Dolezal was a topic of some conversation amongst academics here. Can self-identification be enough? The case of a man who claims to self-identify as a woman but not be transgender could use this to their advantage. It is also because if you self-identify as Indigenous (Aboriginal) then people are not allowed to question you and you get extra money from the government. But because of this US case, the whole question of self-identity is still being debated here. In a school here recently a mother claimed her daughter self-identified as a cat and so needed a litter tray instead of a toilet. It went to court. She lost the case. Self identity is a matter of some concern. Why identify? Whatever happened to simple empathy? or is it something about "look at me" and $$$?
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