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Unless the author is Hunter S. Thompson or someone of that ilk, I'm not sure I'd really want to read a book written in 3 days.
by enobrev 14y ago
Unless the author is Hunter S. Thompson or someone of that ilk, I'm not sure I'd really want to read a book written in 3 days.
- petercooper 14y agoI think there are a lot of authors whose 3 day long first draft I'd buy and read especially in non-fiction. For example, a three day scrawl by John Carmack about his latest thoughts and experiences with graphics technology would be ace. (I read an e-book collection of all his old .plan updates and while it was disjointed, it satisfied my lust for a geeky read.)
- commondream 14y agoTotally agree. I don't know that time or even refinement is what makes a great story. Yeah, the certainly don't hurt, but if you tell me the most amazing story ever and it's a little sloppy, I'm still probably going to think it's the most amazing story ever.
- petercooper 14y agoI wonder if there's opportunity for a publisher to specialize in this (or create a series). I will ask them! Here's the idea: they sit down/have a long call with an interesting character, talk with them extensively, get them to type out some further stories, then the publisher does all the work of making it readable without killing the subject's voice. PeepCode and Tekpub do something like this in the screencasting world where they sit with respected developers and bash through a project and talk about tools for an hour or two. I've not seen it done in the written word other than, perhaps, feature articles for magazines.