Finished Scarlett Thomas’ (@scarthomas on twitter) book Monkeys with Typewriters last night. Too many ideas to get my head around at the moment – think I’m going to have to go back over most of it again. Particularly like the idea of the novel matrix to get ideas flowing. Already have some ideas about using one of the (many) first pages I have written as the start point of a project to dive into.
To describe the book in a few words - Challenging and thought-provoking. I find that (even though I still speed-read - a practice Ms Thomas admits to have used in her youth, but of which she now disapproves) I am analysing books much more than I did, wondering why certain things are left in - proving the point that Monkeys with Typewriters is for readers as well as aspiring writers.
If I can only apply the same critique to my own attempts to write I can only get better. (I hope!)
