Comments on: Better writing through apps? http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/02/better-writing-through-apps/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Kevin A. Lewis http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/02/better-writing-through-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-37702 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:30:01 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9811#comment-37702 Intense micro-editing of the sort we’re talking about here always reminds me of the Colorado prospector in the 1850’s who supposedly complained that “The gold in these parts would be a lot easier to find if all this goddamn SILVER wasn’t in the way!!!” Great reply, D.C., as always………..

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/02/better-writing-through-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-37698 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:58:22 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9811#comment-37698 The fact that the Hemingway app might be a useful way of weeding out repetitions in your ms is – unintentionally or not – highly ironic. In ‘Farewell My Lovely’ somebody asks Marlowe who Hemingway is. Marlowe replies – ‘A guy that keeps saying the same thing over and over until you begin to believe it must be good.’

]]> By: D. C. DaCosta http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/02/better-writing-through-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-37694 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:33:32 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9811#comment-37694 IMHO, a book worth reading is worth reading because:
a. the author has something of interest or importance to impart
b. the author has the talent to communicate his ideas effectively

Apps, editing programs, and even spellcheck are no substitute for “b”.

Either you know how to write or you don’t. If you don’t, either hire someone who does or get out of the way so that MY books can get out there.

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