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... this is related to the point I was so clumsy in making about that other book on the other channel.
Mass market appeal.
I got that. I just wasn't sure if you blamed the mass market appeal on Harper Lee, the readers, or the people who marketed the book. 
I totally agree. Those posters and trailers do not represent the novel that I know.
THE LATEST JANE AUSTEN FILM IS COMING! IN MAY!
See the inspiration for Scarlett? Maybe. 
I think Austen was nineteen when she wrote this novel. I've read it. QUITE funny. Her earliest works are the funniest ones. She wrote them to entertain her family.
I got that. I just wasn't sure if you blamed the mass market appeal on Harper Lee, the readers, or the people who marketed the book.
I think it was fairly clear at the time that I blamed you. Sole responsibility. 
This one is real!!!!!!!!!!
The Rambo trilogy in 4 seconds
Gone with the Wind in thirty seconds, with bunnies.
I've never seen Lambs. I was always afraid it would scare me. NOW I AM SURE.
This sort of thing is ridiculous, as in, how fast is life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-m9A8mY-U0
And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.
A Bernard Cornwell quote. I don't think he would like tNBW
I wonder what Dickens would think. He basically (from what I've read) wrote installments of his novels based on what readers wrote that they'd like to see next. I'm sure he made his own choices about the story but he had input throughout. I'd find that distracting!
Hemingway said that when you write a novel, you must write it completely without sharing it. Then let it sit. Then edit it to your own satisfaction without sharing. Then let it sit. Then edit it again. Only then should you share it -- once you are satisfied it's as close a match to your vision as you can make it.
"Trivia & Trouble."
Today at work I was setting the staff rec wall (where booksellers recommend their recent favorites), and I wrote out a recommendation for a feminist book for my co-worker. He is so anti-feminist he denies I am feminist so that we can remain on speaking terms. He says, "No, you're not a feminist. You're so nice." And I say, "Feminists can be nice," and he rolls his eyes. Anyway, he's extremely conservative and a TAD grouchy, so I recommended a book for babies called "Feminist Baby" in his name. I wrote "I really enjoyed this book. It's not only funny, it's inspiring."
Hemingway said that when you write a novel, you must write it completely without sharing it. Then let it sit. Then edit it to your own satisfaction without sharing. Then let it sit. Then edit it again. Only then should you share it -- once you are satisfied it's as close a match to your vision as you can make it.
I can see that. A multitude of different editorial opinions, POVs, suggestions and recommendations upon a work in progress can be awfully distracting and disruptive.
Hemingway said that when you write a novel, you must write it completely without sharing it. Then let it sit. Then edit it to your own satisfaction without sharing. Then let it sit. Then edit it again. Only then should you share it.
Everyone, You know why Hemingway shot himself?
He did all the things mentioned by corra above, then posted his story on NBW. Ann Everett welcomed him to the site and told him he'd be happy here. Jack the Knife told him it would never sell. Seabrass removed six commas. Randall Krzak inserted six commas, Marilyn scolded him for switching POV, JP told him he used too many "was's,"
Doug picked the usual nits, John Hamler told him it it was too British to understand, Gabi told him it sounded too American, Mike Jackson suggested he make a poem out of it, Andrew Hixon offerred to put him in his next chapter, Sol told him his six word short story was too long for the flash fiction contest, Temple told him the story was not yet ready for an in-line. Marilyn told him he could take all these suggestions or toss them where the sun also rises.
John Matthews was afraid to offer any suggestions for fear of insulting someone.
John Matthews was afraid to offer any suggestions for fear of insulting someone.
Okay, I didn't offer any suggestions but I thought someone might read my comment. Maybe I didn't mention enough of you. The only reason I left out Vern and Memphis and Dill is that their comments to Hemingway were too long to fit on this space.
John
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