TobyBartels comments on The Magnitude of His Own Folly - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TobyBartels 10 July 2011 02:14:27AM 0 points [-]

Here's another thing that's ridiculous: "I'm going to write the Great American Novel. So I'm going to pay quiet attention my whole life, think about what novel I would write, and how I would write a novel, and then write it."

That sounds like a great plan!

Comment author: VAuroch 19 December 2013 02:36:05AM *  0 points [-]

Hey, it worked for Harper Lee, didn't it?

Comment author: knb 08 April 2016 03:42:16AM *  0 points [-]

There's an interesting account (published in the NY Times) that Harper Lee's editor Tay Hohoff actually extensively rewrote her original draft and basically is more responsible for the actual narrative arc than Harper Lee herself.

In any case, maybe John Kennedy Toole is a better example.