Friday, October 28, 2011  NaNoWriMo Prep IV: Glass Wisdom  Ten
Gems O' Wisdom You Should Probably Ignore During NaNoWriMo  A
Real Writer Earns Money: I guess that means Dickinson and Poe
and Thoreau were all fake writers. When I hear this I always
think of a not very famous writer named Henry Darger. A quiet,
ordinary janitor in Chicago, Henry did not write for money or
anyone else. He wrote for himself. Among his many works, which
weren't discovered until after he passed away at age 80, was a
15,000+ page, single-spaced typed manuscript that he also
illustrated with hundreds of drawings and watercolor paintings.
To say someone like Henry wasn't a real writer would be like
saying Van Gogh wasn't a real painter (but hey, he didn't make
any money, either.)  All NaNoWriMo Novels are Nothing But Crap:
Oddly enough (and I love the timing of this) my agent is
currently negotiating a contract for the book I wrote the first
draft of during NaNoWriMo 2009. I consider it one of the most
original novels I've ever writte