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“I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure.”

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Bob Shacochis

Bob Shacochis is an American novelist born on September 9, 1951. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound depiction of Southern American culture. more

“The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of that beloved labor down to a few succinct paragraphs that shape the background to your narrative. I love research - that's all the fun, especially in the field. To write, however, is to suffer, and my pieces usually come in thousands of words over the assigned length. That's a serious flaw in my writing process - shaping and disciplining the footlockers of material one has so happily gathered.”

Writing Enough Suffering Fun Process Challenges Pieces Fields Serious Materials Shapes Letting Go Research Labor Backgrounds Narrative Beloved Length Flaws Writing Process Paragraph

Author:Bob Shacochis

“Trying to get the sentences right and the structure of the narration right is about as big a job as I can handle. But I also know that if you handle that job properly, everything else just clicks into place.”

Ifs Knows Trying I Can Bigs Jobs Structure Sentences Handle Clicks Narration

Author:Bob Shacochis

“Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're doing if that's your strategy.”

Ifs Writing Joy Process Sound Discovery Strategy Boring Narrative Discovering Outlines

Author:Bob Shacochis

“People can live without a Facebook account: my 13-year-old daughter has cancelled her account because it's not cool anymore.”

People Years Daughter Accounts

Author:Michael Birch

“If you are going truly viral, you don't need press. I mean, MySpace grew for a very long time without any press.”

Ifs Needs Mean Long Grew Long Time Presses Viral

Author:Michael Birch

“Birthday Alarm was a very simple site based on being reminded of your friends' birthdays.”

Simple Site Alarms

Author:Michael Birch

“When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.”

Thinking Mind Kids Found Games Hours Exercise Computer Eight Chess Enjoyed Chess Game Playing Chess

Author:Michael Birch

“Myspace was always a bit edgy. People identified it with edginess and music.”

People Bits Edgy Edginess

Author:Michael Birch

“I wanted to build something that was a system - that was mechanical and would propagate itself like a virus. I needed a way for it spread from person to person, and the best way to do that was trying to get someone to get their friends to sign up.”

Way Trying Persons Wanted Needed Spread Best Way Viruses

Author:Michael Birch

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