tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post4041927634046963574..comments2023-04-02T06:33:28.836-07:00Comments on Stormfield Manor: 1,000,000Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01359656167530915938noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-3173148936376318422011-12-14T07:14:37.181-08:002011-12-14T07:14:37.181-08:00I went to a talk on Harper Lee last year, by Charl...I went to a talk on Harper Lee last year, by Charles Shields, who wrote her biography (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114408.Mockingbird). (Which I still have on my shelf, signed and unread. Hmmmm...) If I remember correctly, she wrote a ton for her college's newspaper.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935146615953606435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-1550040859320479742011-12-14T04:13:07.886-08:002011-12-14T04:13:07.886-08:00And yet, Harper Lee, I suspect... well, I shouldn&...And yet, Harper Lee, I suspect... well, I shouldn't speculate. But it is <i>curious</i>.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425529127597760502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-60586620289848089192011-11-21T16:21:02.078-08:002011-11-21T16:21:02.078-08:00Yeah, the advice I hear all the time for becoming ...Yeah, the advice I hear all the time for becoming a visual artist is to draw every time, until you develop crippling carpal tunnel, and your fingers seize up, and you turn into Renoir. <br /><br />And regarding that, I am finding out the same thing as you, that the more I draw the less I know, and the worse the drawings seem to be.<br /><br />But then I think, hey, if Keri Smith can make a living, with her super-cartoony, childish style, I'm probably doing okay.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782614717076996356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-32974479827570096742011-11-21T14:47:42.664-08:002011-11-21T14:47:42.664-08:00Well, true, but the real point I think he was maki...Well, true, but the real point I think he was making is that in order to be good you have to write a LOT. People are unique, but you're not going to become a good woodworker without doing a LOT of woodworking, and in the same way you're not going to become a good writer without doing a LOT of writing. The million threshold is probably negotiable; I just use it as a sort of benchmark.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359656167530915938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-29131250490339669002011-11-21T07:39:06.834-08:002011-11-21T07:39:06.834-08:00Also, wonderful though Ray Bradbury is, even he ca...Also, wonderful though Ray Bradbury is, even he can't make statements like that that are true for everybody. People are (gasp!) unique.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935146615953606435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21238814.post-58547310844833961522011-11-21T07:36:40.275-08:002011-11-21T07:36:40.275-08:00Maybe it's a joke, because 1,000,000 words is ...Maybe it's a joke, because 1,000,000 words is where you know you know nothing.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935146615953606435noreply@blogger.com