Found this on my Twitter feed:
Watch a novel being written 'live'
My first thought, "No way in heck could someone pay me enough to do that."
The idea of writing live terrifies me. Even with on the spot flash, you have a moment to go read once, fix errors.
My second thought, "Why?" I still don't have an answer for this.
Is this a brilliant idea that I don't get?
Watch a novel being written 'live'
Fantasy author Silvia Hartmann is opening herself up to the kind of scrutiny most writers would pay to avoid: this morning, she started writing her new novel on Google Docs, and you can see it taking shape word by word as she types. (I just saw "something was happening here, and something was unfolding, and she was not in a position to put a stop to it" emerge on the page).
My first thought, "No way in heck could someone pay me enough to do that."
The idea of writing live terrifies me. Even with on the spot flash, you have a moment to go read once, fix errors.
My second thought, "Why?" I still don't have an answer for this.
Is this a brilliant idea that I don't get?