tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post112803034695080888..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Lessons I have learnt about writing novels - PlanningThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1128261237284081352005-10-02T14:53:00.000+01:002005-10-02T14:53:00.000+01:00I have just read that EM Forster claimed he didn't...I have just read that EM Forster claimed he didn't know what really happened in the Marabar caves even *after* he'd finished writing the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1128255929777343622005-10-02T13:25:00.000+01:002005-10-02T13:25:00.000+01:00Glad you're back in the land of the vertebrate, Go...Glad you're back in the land of the vertebrate, Goldfish.<BR/><BR/>I'd offer some soup but I've probably contaminated it with Fresher's Bug germs by now. <BR/><BR/>Hope you keep feeling better...Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436653419185638854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1128192959246992842005-10-01T19:55:00.000+01:002005-10-01T19:55:00.000+01:00Hi glad you're feeling a bit better.I don't think ...Hi glad you're feeling a bit better.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I could ever write a book. I never plan anything I write (which is probably evident frommy blog entries). I have to do a fair bit of writing on technical subjects for my job and it's probably a failing of mine that I never plan. I'm a great one for editing afterwards. I would love to be a planner, it would certainly be beneficial, but I don't think I ever will now.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you'll finish the book by the way.marmiteboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727386811098683743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1128178352215035762005-10-01T15:52:00.000+01:002005-10-01T15:52:00.000+01:00Hi Goldfish, I am glad you are feeling better.Abou...Hi Goldfish, I am glad you are feeling better.<BR/><BR/>About planning a novel: in his autobiographies, Dornford Yates claims that he never planned a book (he wrote thrillers and comedies in the 1920s and 30s). He claimed he was always as surprised by how it came out as were his readers.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, F Scott Fitzgerald planned his novels meticulously, practically drawing flowcharts of the action.<BR/><BR/>So it takes all sorts...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com