May 09, 2006

"How Do You Stay So Prolific, Joy?"

I work hard to make sure that 99% of what I write is complete and utter shit.

I'm also capable of whipping up a few pages of dialogue on my lunch hour if writers' group is meeting that night.

Though I shudder to take it in: our teacher always tells me I'm really good at dialogue, and should stop writing so much of it. She's harsh, I tell you.

Posted by: Attila Girl at 10:19 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 These are really good posts. P.S. You should stop writing so many of them.

Posted by: RightWingDuck at May 10, 2006 08:01 AM (bX+n4)

2 Could you give us an example of a conversation between you and your teacher?

Posted by: Averroes at May 10, 2006 05:42 PM (jlOCy)

3 Teacher: Reading LMA's paper to herself. "This is a lot better than the crap I write! Sweet Circe, I hate her!" "If she only knew that I was asked to submit some writing samples for a new literary review mag for Albanians with English as their second language, and all I could think of was to write 'Patty was my best friend when I was in third grade. She lived three doors down from me and never leaked in public which was pretty much all I needed in a best friend in those days. Heck I could use a friend like that now.' Pathetic, I know! I didn't even nick it from that Indian babe at Harvard, ot the one that wrote it first. I never read anybody else's stuff. I read the reprint in the PennySaver! Somebody kill me now! Please! LMA: "So, what'cha think?" Teacher: "I'd lose all that witty crap(crossing out two-thirds of the text). And the surprise ending, too. Nobody likes surprises." LMA: "Uh, OK."

Posted by: Darrell at May 11, 2006 07:31 PM (QYAar)

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