Books Misunderstood
Traditionally, a book’s last page is the end of that book.
The writer wrote. The reader read. And, the publisher’s ego is fed.
We, as writers, spend way too much time on writing a story, that we forget to give how the story will be told, spread, and, sold, the attention that it deserves.
The problem with such ignorance from us storytellers is that … an intelligent story that is told in a dumb manner; is consumed as a dumb story. In the same way that an interesting story that is told in a boring manner; is consumed as a boring story.
That is to say, presentation is as important as the presented.
Being a foolish being that finds joy in challenging the praised, I would like to do the opposite (of the book’s last page being the end of that book), and, make the last page of
The Confessions of a Misfit the beginning. The beginning of a conversation.
To do more do and less talk, I’m launching “
Stories by Readers.” Which is basically me giving the readers of
The Confessions of a Misfit, an opportunity to be read and heard. In a word, that website will be made of writings written by readers of the book.
For I believe that the label of “a reader” should be a temporary recurring title.
(You don’t have to buy the book to partake. Simply download the
book sample — and then
share whatever stories that relate to the writings found in the sample.)
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— September 7, 2011.