Comments on: Writers Behaving Badly: An American Scoundrel's Success http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/ If you're reading this, you're not writing. Obvious but true. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jamie Grove http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Jamie Grove Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:44:21 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-522 @Puck I wonder if it's the material that made them faint or the fact that he read it out loud! :) Thanks for stopping in! @Puck I wonder if it’s the material that made them faint or the fact that he read it out loud! :)

Thanks for stopping in!

]]> By: thePuck http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-509 thePuck Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:36:29 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-509 Very nice post. I got to see Palahniuk speak at Bookshop Santa Cruz a few years ago. He was intense. Read this piece that made a person near us faint. Great as always. thePuck's last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Thepuckwrites/~3/315256680/" rel="nofollow">I am writing for an upcoming MMORPG!</a> Very nice post. I got to see Palahniuk speak at Bookshop Santa Cruz a few years ago. He was intense. Read this piece that made a person near us faint.

Great as always.

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]]> By: Jamie Grove http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Jamie Grove Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:59:30 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-508 @Daniel... You mean this: :) <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/92vV3QGagck&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/92vV3QGagck&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> @Daniel… You mean this: :)

]]> By: Daniel http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Daniel Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:55:45 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-507 You should see what Monthy python thinks of the various philosophers. You should see what Monthy python thinks of the various philosophers.

]]> By: Jamie Grove http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Jamie Grove Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:19:59 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-494 Welcome aboard the Scoundrel Train, Summer! <blockquote> Goddess knows I’ve been a hella scoundrel for a good part of my life </blockquote> Love that... ;) Welcome aboard the Scoundrel Train, Summer!

Goddess knows I’ve been a hella scoundrel for a good part of my life

Love that… ;)

]]> By: Summer Fey Foovay http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Summer Fey Foovay Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:36:30 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-493 MUWAHAHAHAHA....then I shall be a great writer because Goddess knows I've been a hella scoundrel for a good part of my life ;) But seriously, if you consider that in America we label you a scoundrel if you do not adhere to the "conventional lifestyle" and then you consider that a writing is often served by experience and to experience much here in the U.S. means you probably are not bound to a cubicle somewhere 60 hours a week and sitting in front of your TV the rest of the time...well then, of course we writers are all scoundrels. MUWAHAHAHAHA….then I shall be a great writer because Goddess knows I’ve been a hella scoundrel for a good part of my life ;)

But seriously, if you consider that in America we label you a scoundrel if you do not adhere to the “conventional lifestyle” and then you consider that a writing is often served by experience and to experience much here in the U.S. means you probably are not bound to a cubicle somewhere 60 hours a week and sitting in front of your TV the rest of the time…well then, of course we writers are all scoundrels.

]]> By: William Haskins http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-492 William Haskins Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:48:05 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-492 nice piece. i plugged it for you at my site: http://authorscoop.com/?p=326 William Haskins's last blog post..<a href="http://authorscoop.com/?p=326" rel="nofollow">Writers Behaving Badly</a> nice piece. i plugged it for you at my site:
http://authorscoop.com/?p=326

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]]> By: Jamie Grove http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Jamie Grove Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:28:38 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-490 @Karen Both parties can claim equal share of scoundrels in office! Though frankly, I'm having a hard time coming up with a name who wouldn't fit the bill. :) I agree with your comment about literary critics. The best are downright hilarious. Julian Barnes is a great example, so is Edmund White. They also happen to be damn fine authors too. @Karen Both parties can claim equal share of scoundrels in office! Though frankly, I’m having a hard time coming up with a name who wouldn’t fit the bill. :)

I agree with your comment about literary critics. The best are downright hilarious. Julian Barnes is a great example, so is Edmund White. They also happen to be damn fine authors too.

]]> By: Jamie Grove http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Jamie Grove Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:20:32 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-489 @Ulla Oh I would definitely place Goethe in the scoundrel category. No one can write of the devil as he did and not have a close affinity. :) @Stefani I think in many ways Twain and Palahniuk are telling the same stories, stories about America as they see it. It isn't always pretty but my god it's almost always funny... often to the point of being uncomfortable. @Ulla Oh I would definitely place Goethe in the scoundrel category. No one can write of the devil as he did and not have a close affinity. :)

@Stefani I think in many ways Twain and Palahniuk are telling the same stories, stories about America as they see it. It isn’t always pretty but my god it’s almost always funny… often to the point of being uncomfortable.

]]> By: Karen Swim http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/writers-behaving-badly-an-american-scoundrels-success/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Karen Swim Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:59:42 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=218#comment-488 Great post Jamie with interesting parallels. I think literary critics are humorous. I am not waving a banner for scoundrels but the US has quite a history of scoundrels, some have even gone on to be President. Karen Swim's last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordsForHire/~3/312980550/achieve-lot-with-just-little.html" rel="nofollow">Achieve A Lot with Just A Little</a> Great post Jamie with interesting parallels. I think literary critics are humorous. I am not waving a banner for scoundrels but the US has quite a history of scoundrels, some have even gone on to be President.

Karen Swim’s last blog post..Achieve A Lot with Just A Little

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