I find this question both absurd and impossible to answer.
People often ask how many words should a novel have. Perhaps it’s to please the publishing industry ? I’m left thinking why this is the case, why the excessively long and boring passages. Such a shame I find when you read a book that sounded promising only to find it goes on and on. So it’s blunt and to the point, no explanations needed ! This particular comment struck a chord with me. He also made this comment : talking about technology : “There are some tweets out there that say what needs to be said in about 140 characters, while certain writers who literally masturbate for 400 pages fail to say as succinctly.” Recently, I was reading an interview of Brett Easton Ellis in which he explains his frustration at having to explain, justify what he tweets. I am a very instinctive writer and when I do rewrite and edit, it’s never in a quest of finding words that will make me appear intelligent or sophisticated. People often comment that I write from the heart which I consider to be a huge compliment. I’m not one to deliberately write with fancy words. Sure over time, a song or a book might take a different meaning, another dimension, especially as you grow up, mature and experience the many adventures and lessons life throws your way. When I hear a song or read a book, it has to talk to me, provoke some reaction. It is the same for books, songs, poems which some people tend to over analyse, sometimes competing with others because they feel they’re the ones who’ve broken some code.Įither you get it or you don’t. It reminds me of this wonderful quote in ” The little prince ” by Antoine de Saint – Exupéry : ” Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
Trouble is, many people want everything explained to them. I remember putting this quote once on a social network and many people said they couldn’t understand it.
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