DUNE DISCUSSION FORUM FOR ORTHODOX HERBERTARIANS
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No way did he buy that suit. Someone probably had to tell him that if he didn't ditch the jacket then he had to wear what the rest of them were wearing then he compromised when they told him they'd buy him a suit.TheDukester wrote:Yeah, if there was a thought bubble coming out of Keith's head in that picture, it would say, "I can't believe I had to buy a fucking suit!"
Now that you mention it...SandRider wrote:I'll bet he was wearing it underneath the suitcoat .... does he look fatter than normal ?
But Keith, you don't fucking bother to fix it afterwards do youKeith Tosspot wrote:Repeat after me: It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does have to be finished.
It’s easier to FIX existing prose than it is to write perfect prose in the first place. The crucial step is to get it down on paper!
Your draft words or descriptions might be redundant. So what? They can be fixed later. You might make grammatical mistakes. So what? Promise yourself you’ll fix them later—after you’ve got the story written.
That's why all your works are cluttered with reduncancies, grammatical mistakes, and paper-thin dialogue and characterization. And this is after the initial spouting of perfect prose 
Actually Keith, I've heard that novel and, while it may be fast-paced, it most certainly isn't compelling - in fact it's just as much a huge steaming turd as everything else you've squirted out over the past however-many bloody years it is now...Keith Tosspot wrote:Surprisingly, when I went back to the initial pages, fully intending to spend weeks on major editing and rewriting, I found that the constant, intense practice had taught me to produce crisp, fast-paced writing as compelling as if I’d spent hours agonizing over each page.
Quite the class act.A credit to those who lost their lives wrote:This is a time to remember all those who have dedicated, and sometimes sacrificed, their lives to help the human race move forward, to develop materials, technology, and engineering methods that have improved our civilization.
For more than a decade, Rebecca and I have had the honor of working with June Scobee Rodgers, whose husband Dick Scobee was commander on the final flight of Challenger. June helped create the Challenger Centers for Space Science Education to continue the mission of promoting interest in science and technology among young people. Together, we have developed a series of novels for young readers, Star Challengers—which will encourage the next generation to see the importance of the space program.
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The first two novels are currently available, Moonbase Crisis and Space Station Crisis, and a portion of the proceeds goes directly to the Challenger Centers. You can order from http://www.starchallengers.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, or signed copies are available from http://www.anderzoneshop.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (Space Station Crisis has just arrived and will be on the site in the next week.)
No, no. It just happened to turn out, that he was able to produce crisp, fast-paced and compelling writing without editing or any thought beyond "let get this baby down on paper, I've got a deadline".A Thing of Eternity wrote:Yeah, while that is totally common (and very correct) advice for writers, just get something down every day regardless of what you do with it later - KJA misses the crucial steps necessary to turn that gibberish into prose!
If you don't buy his book then the Challenger explosion wins.Hunchback Jack wrote:Latest blog entry: Remember the Challenger disaster, and BUY MY BOOK!
Quite the class act.A credit to those who lost their lives wrote:This is a time to remember all those who have dedicated, and sometimes sacrificed, their lives to help the human race move forward, to develop materials, technology, and engineering methods that have improved our civilization.
For more than a decade, Rebecca and I have had the honor of working with June Scobee Rodgers, whose husband Dick Scobee was commander on the final flight of Challenger. June helped create the Challenger Centers for Space Science Education to continue the mission of promoting interest in science and technology among young people. Together, we have developed a series of novels for young readers, Star Challengers—which will encourage the next generation to see the importance of the space program.
The first two novels are currently available, Moonbase Crisis and Space Station Crisis, and a portion of the proceeds goes directly to the Challenger Centers. You can order from http://www.starchallengers.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, or signed copies are available from http://www.anderzoneshop.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (Space Station Crisis has just arrived and will be on the site in the next week.)
Actually, most of them bug the shit out of me.Kojiro wrote:You do love school teachers don't you?
You're too kind Oh Benevolent One !a fucking arseface dick nosed bastard of a shameless butt plug wrote:and a portion of the proceeds goes directly to the Challenger Centers
Yeah, I'd love to know more about this portion, and if kja writes it off his taxes. He probably thinks he's the one donating the money.lotek wrote:You're too kind Oh Benevolent One !a fucking arseface dick nosed bastard of a shameless butt plug wrote:and a portion of the proceeds goes directly to the Challenger Centers
You mean, write a classic that'll be remembered forty years later? Write something even vaguely good? Get nominated for a major award? It'll never happen, Keith, accept it now and quit whining.Hack wrote:By now I have escaped that small town, but I haven’t even come close to the boundaries of what’s possible in science fiction.
Wait a minute, that can't be right, Keith's an international best-selling author... 
Sev wrote: Oh, and 'Smellhole' has been out in the U.K. for a whole week now, and is obviously flying off the shelves, as the Amazon rank is currently... 15,488
That's right, Keith, you go ahead and vent! That silly professor only had one book! And he was late on his next one! And those other students, with their "plotless things." How silly are they, right?Socially Retarded Hack wrote:Years later, when I was in a creative writing class in college, still in Wisconsin, I submitted science fiction short stories for critique while the other students turned in “creative writing class” stories (plotless things about characters discussing their crumbling relationships over the breakfast table). In exasperation, the professor (who had published a single novel and took it as a point of pride that he was five years late on his next novel deadline) asked me, “Anderson, why don’t you write about anything real? Why not do a story about a young man who grew up in a farming town who’s working his way through college as a waiter in a restaurant?” The suggestion appalled me. “Because I live that every day. Why would I want to write about a dull, regular life when there are so many more interesting stories to tell and places to describe?” I don’t think he understood my answer any more than I understood his question.
You nailed it, Dukester. The combination of contempt and jealously he displays here is just astonishing. And thirty years later, looking back on this episode, *he's learned nothing from it*. He still doesn't understand what the prof wanted from him, or why it might be of some value to him as a writer.TheDukester wrote:The absolute best part, by far:
Socially Retarded Hack wrote:Years later, when I was in a creative writing class in college, still in Wisconsin, I submitted science fiction short stories for critique while the other students turned in “creative writing class” stories (plotless things about characters discussing their crumbling relationships over the breakfast table). In exasperation, the professor (who had published a single novel and took it as a point of pride that he was five years late on his next novel deadline) asked me, “Anderson, why don’t you write about anything real? Why not do a story about a young man who grew up in a farming town who’s working his way through college as a waiter in a restaurant?” The suggestion appalled me. “Because I live that every day. Why would I want to write about a dull, regular life when there are so many more interesting stories to tell and places to describe?” I don’t think he understood my answer any more than I understood his question.
"RAR!!! I'M A GOOD WRITER DAMNIT GIVE ME AN AWARD!!!"Hunchback Jack wrote:And what was the point of this blog entry, anyway?
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