Comments on: How to Write a Great Novel — a fast twitch answer to the question

By: Rickie Wiggains

Rickie Wiggains — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:39:49 +0000

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By: Tyson F. Gautreaux

Tyson F. Gautreaux — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:41:04 +0000

Thamks for the nice post. I always try to bookmark educational or book report related posts like this one.

By: Burton Haynes

Burton Haynes — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:21:12 +0000

Thanks for the very informative post. I have bookmarked the site as

By: Saskia

Saskia — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:07:39 +0000

Going with the flow, what’s more your own flow! This is very cool. I’m not a believer in pain either (or should I say not any more, as my catholic upbringing extolled suffering’s virtues throughout my childhood and adolescence), and it’s always great to see people actually practising it AND making a living (So called realists try to tell you that’s impossible).
Thanks for the enlightening read…
;-D

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:50:45 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to read & comment. This pain/gain enlightenment came to me many years ago when I was in competitive swimming, and the coach was driving me (and everyone else on the team) “You have to go beyond the pain barrier” to succeed. And yet in biology I was learning that centuries of evolution had given us survival mechanisms and pain was one of the biggies. It’s embedded in human genes: avoid pain in order to survive. From then on, I have believed when hearing that cliché “No Pain No Gain” my biology based reply: Pain, no gain. ;-}

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:31:48 +0000

Thanks Vincent. I found this more useful and encouraging than the article in question. And a very quotable line – “pain is not gain. It is pain.” (7 words against 2000 years of tradition/education/conditioning…)