Dave Barry's Writing Technique
Dave Barry's Writing Technique:
"Get coffee. Stare at the screen. Write a bunch of things that aren't any good. Then comes that moment when I'll say, 'That's still not any good.'"
The quote comes from a wonderful interview in this morning's NYT Magazine. Lots of funny stuff in the interview, but I fear this particular bit is dead serious.
Although he misses one step: Get more coffee. And the afternoon version: Get chocolate. - Meg
"Get coffee. Stare at the screen. Write a bunch of things that aren't any good. Then comes that moment when I'll say, 'That's still not any good.'"
The quote comes from a wonderful interview in this morning's NYT Magazine. Lots of funny stuff in the interview, but I fear this particular bit is dead serious.
Although he misses one step: Get more coffee. And the afternoon version: Get chocolate. - Meg
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Comment by KiKi Walter on May 11, 2010 at 8:55am -
Heh...I do it TOO much...and the coffee. Way too much coffee. Can't work without it! :-P
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Comment by Meg Leigh on May 11, 2010 at 8:52am -
The get chocolate part is the most important! I do that, a lot.
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Comment by KiKi Walter on May 11, 2010 at 8:51am
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This was a great thing to read first thing in the morning...thanks for sharing! I'm sitting here at my computer giggling (when I really should be writing...teehee).
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Comment by Meg Waite Clayton on May 11, 2010 at 8:41am -
>and to his credit, he wrote a very kind note back
nice!
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Comment by Wendy Kelly on May 9, 2010 at 3:06pm -
Sorry...also, just btw, I am a *huge* fan of Talk Like a Pirate Day, and it *is* all b/c of him : )
cheers!
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Comment by Wendy Kelly on May 9, 2010 at 3:05pm
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I love Dave Barry...When Ｉ ｓｔａｒｔｅｄ ｍｙ ｍａｇａｚｉｎｅ， Ｉ ｓｅｎｔ ａ ｃｏｐｙ ｔｏ ｈｉｍ， ｊｕｓｔ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ Ｉ love him so much :）and to his credit, he wrote a very kind note back. I truly think he gets that perfect tone you must hit in humor...he's *right* dead right, most of the time, and it can't help but make me laugh. And, again, with this snippet...it is so true...so very true...just knowing that the best of the best feel this way about their writing helps a bit to keep trying : ) Thanks for sharing!
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