Outtake from new narrative
So, I'm working on a new piece presently and I AM taking reviewers comments into consideration, one of which being that I don't include enough dialogue. Well, one of the reasons I don't is I have so many digressions. Here's one, for example, digression that is, that I literally just removed in the hopes that the dialogue will flow more favorably to the reader:
"Oh, and occasionally he would hear how awful his covers were. This confused him; it was called “Book Brains” after all, not “Book Covers”. When we talk about The Great Gatsby, do we talk about the dull, disembodied face with androgynous eyes and disgraceful tear floating above that nebulous carnival or whatever? No, we talk of how hot Jordan is and how fun she’d be to get behind and how much action Gatsby sacrificed for dumb old Daisy and why Nick Carroway never called that photographer friend again after what must’ve been a jolly good time in his apartment at four in the morning in his undies. But I digress, why would anyone expect an impressive cover from an indie author in the first place, don’t they know we’ve already sacrificed enough precious time we could’ve been making money or love to write our piece of sh*t pieces? Well, not me, of course, indeed I’ve only put off a game of polo with Tom Buchanan to proceed. Look at him out there, bad-mouthing dumb old Daisy again; when will she ever learn, good Lord. But I digress, hadn’t these young people ever heard not to judge a book by its cover? Apparently, indeed, admittedly that’s all some of them do. But why don’t they just go to an art gallery or AI creator app or something?
"Oh, and occasionally he would hear how awful his covers were. This confused him; it was called “Book Brains” after all, not “Book Covers”. When we talk about The Great Gatsby, do we talk about the dull, disembodied face with androgynous eyes and disgraceful tear floating above that nebulous carnival or whatever? No, we talk of how hot Jordan is and how fun she’d be to get behind and how much action Gatsby sacrificed for dumb old Daisy and why Nick Carroway never called that photographer friend again after what must’ve been a jolly good time in his apartment at four in the morning in his undies. But I digress, why would anyone expect an impressive cover from an indie author in the first place, don’t they know we’ve already sacrificed enough precious time we could’ve been making money or love to write our piece of sh*t pieces? Well, not me, of course, indeed I’ve only put off a game of polo with Tom Buchanan to proceed. Look at him out there, bad-mouthing dumb old Daisy again; when will she ever learn, good Lord. But I digress, hadn’t these young people ever heard not to judge a book by its cover? Apparently, indeed, admittedly that’s all some of them do. But why don’t they just go to an art gallery or AI creator app or something?
Published on August 14, 2025 18:16
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