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papa_hemingway
10-28-2010, 10:55 AM
Hey, I have no idea how to remove/delete this. Though, I'll probably put it back up after a rewrite.
papa_hemingway
10-28-2010, 10:56 AM
I don't know how to remove this either.
papa_hemingway
11-01-2010, 10:13 AM
Hey, can anyone tell me if this is bad or not?
hillwalker
11-01-2010, 01:25 PM
Not sure yet, but what I can tell you is that it's very long.

It's going to take some time to read through - hoping it is worth all the effort. Will let you know later.

H
hillwalker
11-01-2010, 03:13 PM
Having commented on 'The Hedonist', +10,000 words of this is far too much for me to chew through I’m afraid. And having skimmed through parts of it this reads like another exercise in self-indulgence. Great fun to write but torture to read.

You have a way with words but your subject matter and the way you glamorise nonentities who need to record every minute detail of their lives is hardly enjoyable reading.

But that’s just my humble opinion. I’m sure there are others out there who would lap this up.

good luck

H
papa_hemingway
11-01-2010, 03:52 PM
Hey man, that's fair enough, truthfully this was mostly material for a novel about my experiences at university during the noughties. And as I wanted to start work on rewriting and reworking "The Hedonist", I turned whatever I had into a short story about a weekend odyssey.
I was loosing interest in such a cynical subject myself, but I did however want to accomplish something by the months end.

I read an interview with Bret Easton Ellis about how you should write about things and feelings that are bothering you and how those things and feelings form the idea of a novel. So in my opinion, I'm not surprised it comes across as a *****y rant.

Though, once I finished it, I felt as if I didn't have to write about that kind of thing again, which I dunno, is a good/bad thing.

Also, this is a first draft, apart from the start and end, it hasn't been edited or rewritten. Originally, this one narrator was five different people, but I decided they all sounded the same.

Anyways, thanks very much for your time, energy, thoughts and opinions.