Brian wrote:
>Well reading Epstein's op-ed cost about five minutes
I'll never get back. He
>should have let the tree cut down to print his piece
be used for somebody
>else's book.
Touched a nerve, did he?
Well, with all due respect, what Mr. Epstein wrote is true.
Most people who think they have a book in them should just
leave it there. Why go through needless surgery?
Having read more crap and drivel than I would have believed
possible that was submitted to my site over the years, not to
mention attending numerous writing workshops and
participating in various writing discussion groups, I've
firmly come to believe that most people don't even have a
story in them, let alone a whole book. Some of them don't
even have a coherent sentence.
This whole myth that everyone has a book in them has done
wonders for vanity presses, though. These guys will publish
anything. The only writing they care about is on the cheques
they receive from wannabes.
If you really think you are a writer, Brian, good for you
(and personally, I think you can write). So don't be so
easily discouraged by Epstein's comments. Writing is indeed a
tough gig, and you need a thicker skin.
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