I write nothing but "necessary" things these days (technical writer) and it's I think it's better suited for me than a creative writer. A diversion in tech writing might obscure an important fact, whereas the "unnecessary" parts of a book are often my favourites.
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Moby Dick -- like all books -- is actually a story about only one character doing one thing, the story of the author writing the book Melville's OOC digressions about whaling and shit are just as much part of "the story" as the actual shit happening on the Pequod
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Moby Dick is a book about Melville being a weird dude whose life was all distorted and twisted and warped around this part of his life most people find horrifying and disgusting and scary -- his career of murdering beautiful creatures at sea and slicing off their fat to sell
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I feel this when I hear “Tolkien needed a better editor.” What are you going to take out? Songs? Recipes? It’s somebody’s favorite part.
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