The Fun parts

[andrewducker]

One of my favorite anecdotes is from a writer who decided that he would write all the exciting, fun parts of his novel first, and go back and fill in the boring middle parts later. When he had finished writing just the fun parts, he looked over what he had, came to an important realization, and sent the finished work off to his editor.

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And on that note, I've just finished the first 21 parts (and first week) of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. And if you liked Harry Potter at all and aren't reading this then you really, really should be.

Comments

[erindubitably.livejournal.com]

Damnit! I was trying to get work done tonight! *clicks on chapter 4*

[kurosau.livejournal.com]

You may want to warn people about how that's a fanfic in the truest sense of the word, and makes all the mistakes they do, as such. It's great fun, but man it craps all over the Harry Potter universe and has the traditional author arrogance of 'OMG I can do this so much better'.

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

A critical review of Dario Argento's film Tenebre, in which the protagonist is a thriller writer who is being threatened by a maniac taking inspiration from his latest novel, Tenebre:

'“Cut out the boring bits and you've got a best-seller,” advises urbane novelist Franciosa, provoking the immediate and easy response to Tenebre that without the boring bits you wouldn't have a film.'

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

...huh. This is completely my problem. But I need to connect the fun bits together or they won't make sense. Baaaah!