Thursday Thirteen
Thirteen Reasons I won’t Read Your Writing
1. You start with, “It was a dark and stormy night.�
2. You use a (computer) font or color that makes me go blind.
3. You have an addiction to over-punctuation.
4. I can predict the ending of your book without finishing the first chapter.
5. Reading your writing involves sorting through napkins and post-it notes.
6. You like writing in crayons, markers, or brightly colored pens and prefer people to read those drafts.
7. I’ve read your characters somewhere before…
8. You read one of the books I’ve read while writing and the plot lines and characters have seeped into your writing.
9. The phrase “I’ll call you when I’m finished� doesn’t mean anything to you.
10. You insist on declaring yourself the next Tolkein, Lewis, Eddings, Rowling…
11. You insist on sitting with me while I read so you can give me ‘sideline notes’ while I’m reading.
12. You feel the need to explain everything using written, taped, verbal, and other notes.
13. You can’t take anything but compliments.
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October 4th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Love this list. So much of it is true. Even though I have (shamefully) done number 11 before. LOL. I can’t help it.
October 4th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Gee, and here I thought it was because I’d never asked you to…
Happy TT, babe!
October 6th, 2007 at 9:39 am
[...] However, there are more reasons to read this book than not. [...]
October 6th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Sara - No worries.
It’s only on my list because you can’t possibly be with every reader, so your book should be able to stand on its own.
Susan - That too.