Weekly Blog Post 1

"There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good."--F. Scott Fitzgerald

This quote really jumped out at me as I was searching for one for this post. I don't read many biographies, but I have made attempts, on occasion. As I was reading this quote, it dawned on me that this is, or at least should be, a very true statement. If a novelist had any good, successful novels, it would be very hard to create a good biography of them, for they would be too many people.

Any novelist who write a novel that is appealing to their audience goes further than just writing a novel about various characters. The novelist becomes the characters he or she writes about. When they get this involved with their writing, the novel becomes more realistic to the audience reading it. It also makes the book much more pleasurable becuase you feel as if the story you are reading is actually taking place in some other world. When the author gets that involved in their writing, it demonstrates that they are writing for a purpose, which is to do everything possible to please their audience.

This quote does a good job of reaching to many audiences and gets its point across very clearly. Fitzgerald almost inspires novelists with this quote. It's his way of getting the novelist to really get in-depth with their writing and try to become their characters. The quote could almost be used as a goal to a novelist. They can strive to work for becoming the novelist that becomes their characters. They can work towards being classified under this quote. If I were a novelist, I would consider this quote a personal goal, and then, if I acheived this goal, I would feel a great honor knowing that I would be considered a successful novelist by one of the greatest there was.