Suggested by John :How about a chance to play editor-in-chief? Fill in the blanks:
__________ would have been a much better book if ______________________.
I am trying to think of a book I haven't liked, or that could have been better. This question sort of goes with dewey's meme, that I am thinking about answers for. It's hard, because I can usually recognize why I don't like a book, and maybe the changes I would suggest would change the book too much. The author made their creative decision for a reason, and other people may have liked the book for exactly that reason.
I've thought of one:
On the Road would have been a much better book if Jack Kerouac hadn't been completely stoned when he wrote it. At least I assume he was stoned, it's the only thing that can explain the ramblings.
haven't read The Road, but I will at some point. great TTB!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thursday!!!
Well, some authors can't write unless they are stoned! Thats what I tink!
ReplyDeleteLOL!
Here is my BTT post!
your post made me smile
ReplyDeleteHahaha!! I like your answer! Someone commented on my blog...The Almost Moon would have been a much better book if I never actually read it and just admired the cover.
ReplyDeleteLOL...what would I do without people like you and this girl to make me laugh??
Atlas Shrugged would've been a much better book if Ayn Rand had had an editor and publisher with some cojones who weren't afraid to tell her to "clean that [mess] up and DON'T come back until you have a nice clean rewrite." Ayn Rand desperately needed an editor like Maxwell Perkins.
ReplyDeleteGood response about JK. and OTR.