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Originally Posted by N.B. Forrest
In this age of self-publishing, taking a crack at writing a pulp novel could be a potential money-spinner. I sometimes imagine giving it a go myself, but my lack of detailed knowledge of the technical workings of many aspects of society holds me back.
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What do you mean? Inner politics or corporate stuff?
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I bet that you, on the other hand, could do it with ease, and make a tidy bundle, too.
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Flattering, but I'd bet on you before me. Any novel I tried to write would end up being a bunch of jokes punctuated with over-the-top violence and extensive political lectures. I have no sympathy for people and I'm didactic as fuck and I suck at plot construction and narrative pacing, and all those are what make good novelists. Storytelling is a very different thing from writing talent. Remember Twain hated wordplay. He was expert in using words, but he never played with them.
Summer of Fear online (most of it, anyway)
http://books.google.com/books/about/...d=4ujV6DNOQRoC