tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post1841019235065386331..comments2023-12-31T00:21:10.591-05:00Comments on The Education of a Pulp Writer: Gustave FlaubertDavid Cranmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-23295089650964014662010-10-21T14:26:33.540-04:002010-10-21T14:26:33.540-04:00Now wait a minute, "french kissing your pillo...Now wait a minute, "french kissing your pillow 50 times" is wrong? Dang, just learning this at forty!David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-64577402063516616952010-10-19T23:31:13.053-04:002010-10-19T23:31:13.053-04:00I'm all for multiple drafts of stories, hell, ...I'm all for multiple drafts of stories, hell, sometimes a simple flash can take a couple yaers, but 50 drafts of paper for every word althuogh romantic in a nostalgic sort of way is (at laest in my opinion) retarded. How wuold one ever get anything done or grow? It's like french kissing your pillow 50 times to make sure you do it right, either you don't or do, get over it and move on with your life or um, writing project. (ahem)Jodi MacArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373591664178281529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-51412279332805453252010-10-18T15:20:34.184-04:002010-10-18T15:20:34.184-04:00Yeah, I'd be completely lost working that way....Yeah, I'd be completely lost working that way. Heck, I'm not sure how well I would have done with a typewriter. Lots of whiteout for sure.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-83680190170393853622010-10-18T15:18:10.326-04:002010-10-18T15:18:10.326-04:00That writing description reminds me of my high sch...That writing description reminds me of my high school technique (before I was using a computer). Talk about a jumbled, incoherent, scratched out mess! Thank goodness for technology!Alyssa Goodnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563271888054706202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-29813648261812091922010-10-18T12:27:13.617-04:002010-10-18T12:27:13.617-04:00Patti, Quality over quanity.
Ron, I will remember...Patti, Quality over quanity.<br /><br />Ron, I will remember The Claude Chabrol version if I ever try and give it another spin. Doubtful though.<br /><br />Charles/Leah, I hold on to stories for months, but at his rate I'd never let them go.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-51415348856715307592010-10-18T07:52:05.429-04:002010-10-18T07:52:05.429-04:00Now that's someone who cared about the languag...Now that's someone who cared about the language and what it means. But yeah, maybe a tad obsessive.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-85294047499567329832010-10-17T22:27:12.837-04:002010-10-17T22:27:12.837-04:00That is a bit obsessive but I can appreciate it. S...That is a bit obsessive but I can appreciate it. Sometimes I feel taht way myself.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-58965339849352456692010-10-17T21:29:28.688-04:002010-10-17T21:29:28.688-04:00The Claude Chabrol version of MADAME BOVARY with I...The Claude Chabrol version of MADAME BOVARY with Isabelle Huppert is supposed to be the best. The book is a classic I started and never finished, though people keep telling me it's brilliant. I wonder how many of these early westerns I'm reading now would add up to one BOVARY. Ha.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-34116695204491785922010-10-17T18:47:38.619-04:002010-10-17T18:47:38.619-04:00Can't remember the artist off hand but one who...Can't remember the artist off hand but one who died recently only produced one painting a year some years.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-54618841623977131122010-10-17T15:02:36.427-04:002010-10-17T15:02:36.427-04:00I've never read the book but saw part of the J...I've never read the book but saw part of the Jennifer Jones film years ago. It didn't leave much of an impression.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401124973760279564.post-47474412809501379402010-10-17T14:53:49.419-04:002010-10-17T14:53:49.419-04:00Madame Bovary & The Sentimental Education were...Madame Bovary & The Sentimental Education were ones that I remember liking when I was younger. But, you know ...Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.com