Post by Tanith on Sept 28, 2023 20:23:59 GMT
Hey all!
I was wandering all over the board this morning, wanting to strike up a little conversation about the value of taking the time to read bad books.
"Now Tanith," I hear you say, "why would you want to do that?"
And the answer is simple enough...I want to start writing regularly again. This is something I haven't done for a while, for a number of reasons. And basically you can't know how to produce what's good without an understanding of what's bad. Then I spotted a short video by Alan Moore encouraging would-be writers to do exactly this...it can be instructive as well as encouraging: "That [BLEEP] got published? Then I have a chance!"
Long story short: I've started up my dormant blog and posted about this in a little more detail. I will be writing a follow-up post when this experiment concludes. I'll be withholding the name of the author and the work, since the idea here is to learn, not to bash people and embarrass them.
The Third Cup
I was wandering all over the board this morning, wanting to strike up a little conversation about the value of taking the time to read bad books.
"Now Tanith," I hear you say, "why would you want to do that?"
And the answer is simple enough...I want to start writing regularly again. This is something I haven't done for a while, for a number of reasons. And basically you can't know how to produce what's good without an understanding of what's bad. Then I spotted a short video by Alan Moore encouraging would-be writers to do exactly this...it can be instructive as well as encouraging: "That [BLEEP] got published? Then I have a chance!"
Long story short: I've started up my dormant blog and posted about this in a little more detail. I will be writing a follow-up post when this experiment concludes. I'll be withholding the name of the author and the work, since the idea here is to learn, not to bash people and embarrass them.
The Third Cup
