Blinders
I want to know everything.
If I want to be a competent novelist, I have to stop.
Here’s why. Sherlock Holmes, in A Study in Scarlet, let Dr. Watson know why he doesn’t care that he doesn’t know that the Earth revolves around the Sun: “What the deuce is it to me? You say that we go round the Sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or my work.”
I want to be up-to-date on all political, geopolitical, business, and technology news. But none of that will help me write a better novel. None of it. If I want to be truly creative, I have to put on blinders.
Back to it…
So I guess you won’t be moving to Twitter soon…
Doug
February 7, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Don’t tempt me.
Jimmy
February 7, 2008 at 3:09 pm