Comments on: “Hey, I’m just the author! I didn’t *write* that…” http://authorscoop.com/2008/09/06/hey-im-just-the-author-i-didnt-write-that/ The Latest in Literary News Thu, 17 May 2012 10:02:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: JJ Cooper http://authorscoop.com/2008/09/06/hey-im-just-the-author-i-didnt-write-that/#comment-3104 JJ Cooper Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:09:31 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=1005#comment-3104 Statistical references in a novel? I'm sure the assistant had access to the MS where he/she could copy and paste them straight in. And how about the dozen or so edits the author and editors must have been through. Editor: Wow. This part seems very authentic. Well done. Author: Yeah, my research assistant wrote it. JJ JJ Coopers last blog post..<a href="http://jjcooperaus.blogspot.com/2008/09/five-quick-questions-with-luke-devenish.html" rel="nofollow">Five Quick Questions with Luke Devenish</a> Statistical references in a novel?

I’m sure the assistant had access to the MS where he/she could copy and paste them straight in. And how about the dozen or so edits the author and editors must have been through.

Editor: Wow. This part seems very authentic. Well done.

Author: Yeah, my research assistant wrote it.

JJ

JJ Coopers last blog post..Five Quick Questions with Luke Devenish

]]> By: Rob http://authorscoop.com/2008/09/06/hey-im-just-the-author-i-didnt-write-that/#comment-3103 Rob Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:17:36 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=1005#comment-3103 William, you crazy idealist, you. I thought the whole point of fiction was to eliminate the need to do research. Robs last blog post..<a href="http://poetinahat.blogspot.com/2008/06/political-poetry-corner-colors.html" rel="nofollow">Political Poetry Corner: "Primary Colors"</a> William, you crazy idealist, you.

I thought the whole point of fiction was to eliminate the need to do research.

Robs last blog post..Political Poetry Corner: "Primary Colors"

]]> By: William Haskins http://authorscoop.com/2008/09/06/hey-im-just-the-author-i-didnt-write-that/#comment-3099 William Haskins Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:44:17 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=1005#comment-3099 lol lol

]]> By: Michael http://authorscoop.com/2008/09/06/hey-im-just-the-author-i-didnt-write-that/#comment-3096 Michael Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:45:35 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=1005#comment-3096 Opening lines by her intern that La Plante luckily rejected: "Call me Ishmael." "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." Opening lines by her intern that La Plante luckily rejected:

“Call me Ishmael.”

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”

]]> By: Carol http://authorscoop.com/2008/09/06/hey-im-just-the-author-i-didnt-write-that/#comment-3094 Carol Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:03:59 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=1005#comment-3094 Same old, same old. "I swear I didn't know the gun was loaded." "You can't get pregnant if you do it just one time." "I don't know how that $1200 sweater got in my handbag." "The devil made me do it." Now we can add... "An invisible research assistant slipped whole sections of another person's work into my manuscript." Carols last blog post..<a href="http://returnengagement.blogspot.com/2008/09/warning-to-my-oppressors.html" rel="nofollow">A warning to my oppressors</a> Same old, same old.
“I swear I didn’t know the gun was loaded.”
“You can’t get pregnant if you do it just one time.”
“I don’t know how that $1200 sweater got in my handbag.”
“The devil made me do it.”
Now we can add…
“An invisible research assistant slipped whole sections of another person’s work into my manuscript.”

Carols last blog post..A warning to my oppressors

]]> By: William Haskins http://authorscoop.com/2008/09/06/hey-im-just-the-author-i-didnt-write-that/#comment-3092 William Haskins Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:17:54 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=1005#comment-3092 it's really quite simple. pick up a pen and pad, or fire up a computer, do your own goddamn research and write your book. this andy warhol approach to writing sickens me. it’s really quite simple. pick up a pen and pad, or fire up a computer, do your own goddamn research and write your book.

this andy warhol approach to writing sickens me.

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