Comments on: Good Blog: How To Write Badly Well http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/ More than you ever wanted to hear from Jenny Crusie. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:36:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JulieB http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/#comment-135858 JulieB Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:30:28 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=1924#comment-135858 I love the link, but this was my favorite by far... http://www.whowritesthiscrap.co.uk/?p=71 I love the link, but this was my favorite by far…
http://www.whowritesthiscrap.co.uk/?p=71

]]> By: JulieB http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/#comment-135854 JulieB Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:09:15 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=1924#comment-135854 OK. I don't even remember the tortoise, which probably is a pont in itself, but I read a lot of Steinbeck while I was in France. Huh. There's probably a connection there too. :) OK. I don’t even remember the tortoise, which probably is a pont in itself, but I read a lot of Steinbeck while I was in France. Huh. There’s probably a connection there too. :)

]]> By: McB http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/#comment-135774 McB Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:56:33 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=1924#comment-135774 If Steinbeck and other "great literary classics" had been my only introduction to books I would never have cracked open another after leaving school. Fortunately I grew up surrounded by cheap paperbacks and a mom who believed kids should be allowed to read according to their own tastes and and ability to comprehend. If Steinbeck and other “great literary classics” had been my only introduction to books I would never have cracked open another after leaving school. Fortunately I grew up surrounded by cheap paperbacks and a mom who believed kids should be allowed to read according to their own tastes and and ability to comprehend.

]]> By: Marta http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/#comment-135773 Marta Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:12:13 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=1924#comment-135773 There's one Steinbeck I love, and that's Travels With Charley, the book/travelog he wrote while exploring America in a camper with his dog. His 'voice' is so compelling, he could have taken the tortoise instead of Charley, and I wouldn't have minded a bit. Sharon, I think he's talking about undercooked chicken. Ham is pink. Chicken that's pink in the middle is raw. There’s one Steinbeck I love, and that’s Travels With Charley, the book/travelog he wrote while exploring America in a camper with his dog. His ‘voice’ is so compelling, he could have taken the tortoise instead of Charley, and I wouldn’t have minded a bit.

Sharon, I think he’s talking about undercooked chicken. Ham is pink. Chicken that’s pink in the middle is raw.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/#comment-135771 Sharon Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:09:51 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=1924#comment-135771 All of Stickley's examples were so cute but best was the ant/aunt story-I really wanted to know if the ant made the trip and what was wrong with the chicken! He could really improve the story by having the carpenter and the bride run off together-so many possibilities!! All of Stickley’s examples were so cute but best was the ant/aunt story-I really wanted to know if the ant made the trip and what was wrong with the chicken! He could really improve the story by having the carpenter and the bride run off together-so many possibilities!!

]]> By: Cherry Honey http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/#comment-135757 Cherry Honey Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:05:08 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=1924#comment-135757 I brought that tortoise up in a writing class a few weeks ago as the main reason I hate writing description. Also the main reason I failed the objective test on that book because I stopped reading (reading that book, not reading altogether, although if anything could make me stop reading it would be Steinbeck) after that. HTWBW looks wonderful, but I'll have to table it until after NaNo. I need these devices to keep my word count up. I brought that tortoise up in a writing class a few weeks ago as the main reason I hate writing description. Also the main reason I failed the objective test on that book because I stopped reading (reading that book, not reading altogether, although if anything could make me stop reading it would be Steinbeck) after that.

HTWBW looks wonderful, but I’ll have to table it until after NaNo. I need these devices to keep my word count up.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/#comment-135748 Jenny Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:14:56 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=1924#comment-135748 Plus it's damn hard to establish a connection with a tortoise. Generally speaking, if you know you're writing a metaphor, stop and go back to writing story. Plus it’s damn hard to establish a connection with a tortoise.
Generally speaking, if you know you’re writing a metaphor, stop and go back to writing story.

]]> By: Marta http://www.arghink.com/2009/11/01/good-blog-how-to-write-badly-well/#comment-135726 Marta Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:02:17 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=1924#comment-135726 The ant and the sugar reminded me of that scene in The Grapes of Wrath where the tortoise crosses the road. It took forever for Steinbeck to get that damn tortoise across the road. Yeah, I know it's a parable, but so's the one about beating a dead horse. The ant and the sugar reminded me of that scene in The Grapes of Wrath where the tortoise crosses the road. It took forever for Steinbeck to get that damn tortoise across the road. Yeah, I know it’s a parable, but so’s the one about beating a dead horse.

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