tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15826910.post115400765912420749..comments2023-07-20T07:17:55.056-04:00Comments on One letter at a time: The road goes on, and on, and on, and on...Jason Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14259170116510886439noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15826910.post-1154366947635071192006-07-31T13:29:00.000-04:002006-07-31T13:29:00.000-04:00As for anti-Kerouac diatribes, the best was from T...As for anti-Kerouac diatribes, the best was from Truman Capote: "That's not writing, it's typing."<BR/><BR/>I also dislike it for the myth it's perpetuated, the one that goes, if you get loaded on any and every drug you can get your hands on and sit down and write whatever comes into your head, the result is somehow profound -- "raw", "immediate", "incandescent", choose your cliche. It's a masterful exercise in technique -- there <I>are</I> great lines here and there -- but an utter bust when it comes to story and characterization. A first draft does not a masterpiece make.Jason Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14259170116510886439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15826910.post-1154265006806579322006-07-30T09:10:00.000-04:002006-07-30T09:10:00.000-04:00Here's a typical de-lurking comment: First time c...Here's a typical de-lurking comment: First time commenter, long time reader. Love your site, your insights, blah, blah, yadda.<BR/><BR/>But to read something anti-Kerouac, I had to speak up. Bravo! I couldn't have said it better.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06201061197333975249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15826910.post-1154153649302571582006-07-29T02:14:00.000-04:002006-07-29T02:14:00.000-04:00Why would anyone release an uncensored version of ...Why would anyone release an uncensored version of On the Road. I was never a Kerouac fan to begin with but I can't imagine there are a shitload of Kerouac fans that are dying to get this book either. So I hear you bro don't make no sense to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com