HowTo talk:Write the Great American Novel

Ideas

• American novel must start from humble origins, so start on some awful writing medium or torture yourself in some other way. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 01:57 Mar 28, 2008
• Make yourself depressing yet patriotic. Alternate emo music and the national anthem. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 01:59 Mar 28, 2008
• Make sure it's horrendously long and full of insane metaphors. Mar 28 (02:09)   Le Cejak • <->
  • Try to nest the metaphors within each other for extra points. Remember the golden rule of writing: If they can't understand it, they'll assume it's great just to be safe. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 02:15 Mar 28, 2008
  • Make sure the metaphors refer to normal, everyday things, like love or something, but make it impossible to decipher. Mar 28 (02:21)   Le Cejak • <->

Topics

• People struggling against all odds Mar 28 (02:10)   Le Cejak • <->
• the American Dream Mar 28 (02:10)   Le Cejak • <->
• People struggling against the American Dream Mar 28 (02:10)   Le Cejak • <->

Methods of inspiration

• other than drugs? – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 02:08 Mar 28, 2008
• looking wistfully out the window Mar 28 (02:14)   Le Cejak • <->
• backbreaking work throwing bales of hay during the Depression or something equally depressing.   Le Cejak • <02:48 Mar 28, 2008>

What is the American Dream?

• To prove to the rest of the world that we're right. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 02:17 Mar 28, 2008
• To be both thin and able to eat as much as we want. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 02:17 Mar 28, 2008
• Hot dogs. Just hot dogs. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 02:17 Mar 28, 2008
• Unbridled capitalism. Mar 28 (02:21)   Le Cejak • <->

Aw Cajek, screw

Go forth and flourish; it's your article. It's my fault I didn't help. Fucking homework and other such real life things. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 16:48 Apr 27, 2008

We have to write an article together sometime! Before you back out, you could do the review for this... If your review helps any you can have half-credit if you still want!   Le Cejak • <Apr 27, 2008 [16:57]>

Oh whatever. I'll count you as half-author anyway.   Le Cejak • <Apr 28, 2008 [3:34]>