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That man is my idol.

I wonder what he thinks of this contest. If I had to guess (without presuming to know the mind of Gan), I'd say he thinks it's a waste of time and an insult to writing.

He'd likely think us page-munchers of the most undignified sort... those who not only read too fast just to get to the end of a book, but those who WRITE too fast just to reach a word count.

Well, I like to think that he'd consider that many of us will later polish these drafts. That perhaps he'd understand that this isn't the way we always write, that it's a competition and not a way of life.

Still, it makes me sick to my stomach to think he'd consider me a hack for joining up. I've admired the hell out of this guy ever since I was little.

"In his book "On Writing" Mr. King makes it clear that he believes that writers are born, not made, which kind of goes against the whole NaNoWriMo philosophy."

I didn't get that from it, exactly. He seems to subscribe to the theory that a bad writer is hopeless and a great writer is talented, but that a decent writer can, through hard work, become a very good writer. I think there's some truth in that. Great writing has more to do with inspiration than technical merit, and inspiration can't be taught or learned.

In his book "On Writing" Mr. King makes it clear that he believes that writers are born, not made, which kind of goes against the whole NaNoWriMo philosophy.

I do believe it's his - in the last Dark Tower book, he made mention of his "half-cursive, half-print" handwriting several times.

Hope he changes his mind!

I do believe it's his - in the last Dark Tower book, he made mention of his "half-cursive, half-print" handwriting several times.

Hope he changes his mind!

i love stephen king and it is so cool that he took the time to send the form back but i wonder why he declined? perhaps too busy? dont agree with people writing novels in one month? don't think that he has enough wisdom to contribute? hmmmm ill always be wondering now..thanks alot nano! lol

The hands that signed that paper wrote some of my favorite novels! So what if it was a no? Your RSVP occupied the same mailbox from which Steven King sent the Stand and From a Buick 8 to his publisher!

I'm surprised he declined. I say, keep asking him every year. I guess for now, we'll just have to refer back to his excellent book, On Writing.

Oh my gosh. That is SO cool. So sad that he turned you down, but it's pretty cool that he actually filled out the form.

Yippee!
At least he considered it for however long it takes to read the request and make a check mark! And then he even returned it!

heh.