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I was happy to see that Google is no longer listing jasonlundberg.com when you search for my name, and that jasonlundberg.net is at the top of the list. Woo hoo! I also discovered that my review of Mieville's The Scar is linked at Galactium, and my review of Carroll's White Apples is linked at ReviewsOfBooks. And I found a mention of my Clarion stint at One Trick Cyber-Pony, though the link to my journal is now incorrect (and I'd forgotten that Cory Doctorow had mentioned me on BoingBoing last summer, how cool!). Yay! Google rocks!

I started The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle yesterday morning, and finished it this morning. It was only 230 pages, and the style was very minimalist (it reminded me a lot of Chuck Palahniuk and Don DeLillo), so it read fast. I'm really tearing through the novels now. I'll start A Painted House by John Grisham next, which I got on remainder for five or six dollars. It's his only "literary" novel, and looks like it might be pretty good.

I'll be heading over to Jamie's place at 4:30 to watch the Superbowl commercials, and maybe some football in between. I got some good ideas this morning when I was half-sleep and when I was shaving (which seem to be the two times I get the best inspiration), and did some more writing. Added some to the prelude, and got started on the second half of chapter 4 (though I haven't written the first half yet). 400 words so far, and I'll try to do a little more before I have to leave.

I was thinking this morning when I was half asleep about how writing teachers say "write what you know," and realized that I could add upon that. Write the story that only you can write. If Stephen King can do it and better, then you'd better toss it and try something else. Also, the events in the story can only happen to those particular characters. If it can happen to anyone, then it doesn't come off as original. It's the reason I wasn't crazy about Seinfeld, or some recent episodes of Friends; they say the episodes were about nothing, but that's not true, they had some interesting stuff going on, but they could have happened to anybody and it would have turned out the same. Unless your characters are the ones shaping the plot, it comes off as lazy writing. "Plot emerges from character," Bill Henderson told me, and he was 100% right.

Now Reading:
A Painted House by John Grisham

Stories Out to Publishers:
9

Novel Word Count:
18,800

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2003-01-26 2:30 PM Some Surprising Discoveries Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: Surprised, duh Read/Post Comments (2) Share on Facebook	I was happy to see that Google is no longer listing jasonlundberg.com when you search for my name, and that jasonlundberg.net is at the top of the list. Woo hoo! I also discovered that my review of Mieville's The Scar is linked at Galactium, and my review of Carroll's White Apples is linked at ReviewsOfBooks. And I found a mention of my Clarion stint at One Trick Cyber-Pony, though the link to my journal is now incorrect (and I'd forgotten that Cory Doctorow had mentioned me on BoingBoing last summer, how cool!). Yay! Google rocks! I started The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle yesterday morning, and finished it this morning. It was only 230 pages, and the style was very minimalist (it reminded me a lot of Chuck Palahniuk and Don DeLillo), so it read fast. I'm really tearing through the novels now. I'll start A Painted House by John Grisham next, which I got on remainder for five or six dollars. It's his only "literary" novel, and looks like it might be pretty good. I'll be heading over to Jamie's place at 4:30 to watch the Superbowl commercials, and maybe some football in between. I got some good ideas this morning when I was half-sleep and when I was shaving (which seem to be the two times I get the best inspiration), and did some more writing. Added some to the prelude, and got started on the second half of chapter 4 (though I haven't written the first half yet). 400 words so far, and I'll try to do a little more before I have to leave. I was thinking this morning when I was half asleep about how writing teachers say "write what you know," and realized that I could add upon that. Write the story that only you can write. If Stephen King can do it and better, then you'd better toss it and try something else. Also, the events in the story can only happen to those particular characters. If it can happen to anyone, then it doesn't come off as original. It's the reason I wasn't crazy about Seinfeld, or some recent episodes of Friends; they say the episodes were about nothing, but that's not true, they had some interesting stuff going on, but they could have happened to anybody and it would have turned out the same. Unless your characters are the ones shaping the plot, it comes off as lazy writing. "Plot emerges from character," Bill Henderson told me, and he was 100% right. *Now Reading:* A Painted House by John Grisham *Stories Out to Publishers:* 9 *Novel Word Count:* 18,800 Read/Post Comments (2) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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