Speaking as a person who A) writes and B) has a Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in biology no less - LKH is forbidden from wearing the white lab coat, her Bunsen burner is extinguished and her dissection kit has been confisgated.
Biology is not a soft science - that's what psychology is for. For people who are psych students/majors, I'm sorry but it's true. Yours is a more subjective field while biology tends to be much more objective, specially when you get into the specific fields like immunology, biochemistry and hell, physiology. Psychology is more about theories and understanding.
[personal wangst] You will not believe the shit I got from all sides because I was studying biology, psychology and then took up creative writing. I got all kinds of, "WTF? What are you doing here?" Hell, I still get it when I say I've got a Bachelor of Science, yet I work as an admin person. [/perosnal wangst]
But anyway, science? Yes, it will teach you to be logical. It will teach you to be logical to a fault. It will also teach you how to A) research your ass off and B) bullshit in a plausible manner. Or at least, that's what I learned. I got the art of writing a stellar essay down to two days - one of research, one to write.
Anyway, science has very little tolerance for waffling. One of the hardest things about writing scientific essays was that balance between telling the story/presenting the argument and using the facts. After writing biological reports and essays for four years, a creative writing portfolio was the easist thing in the world. Hell, it's been a challenge for me to get back into the mode of actually describing things with some kind of creative detail.
So honestly, LKH? Fuck you. Fuck you with a rusty chainsaw, and fuck you backwards through a hedge. Do not claim that science has made you orderly and logical, because your literature could be classed as some kind of Weapon of Mass Destruction if it was ever dropped on the Vulcan homeworld.
Will Anita ever leave the US? A lot of your European and Australian fans would love to read an adventure set on their shores . . .
Yeah, I don't see that happening. It's a 12-15 hour trip from Sydney to LA, and we all know how much LKH hates flying.
And even if she did make it here, A) I kinda hope that our way of life confuses the hell out of her, because I really like confusing people with everyday slang (I'm a mean Australian that way) or B) she gets freaked right the hell out by our wildlife. While no, you probably won't die if you're sensible about everything, but try to keep in mind that we've got some of the deadliest things in the world down here.
Though, the reality would probably be that she discovers something OMFG AWESOME and will try to bring it to all the wymyn in the world. Like beer. Or lamingtons. OH GOD, she'll try to pimp lamingtons! *flail* NUUUU!!!
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Date: 2006-10-08 06:36 pm (UTC)Speaking as a person who A) writes and B) has a Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in biology no less - LKH is forbidden from wearing the white lab coat, her Bunsen burner is extinguished and her dissection kit has been confisgated.
Biology is not a soft science - that's what psychology is for. For people who are psych students/majors, I'm sorry but it's true. Yours is a more subjective field while biology tends to be much more objective, specially when you get into the specific fields like immunology, biochemistry and hell, physiology. Psychology is more about theories and understanding.
[personal wangst] You will not believe the shit I got from all sides because I was studying biology, psychology and then took up creative writing. I got all kinds of, "WTF? What are you doing here?" Hell, I still get it when I say I've got a Bachelor of Science, yet I work as an admin person. [/perosnal wangst]
But anyway, science? Yes, it will teach you to be logical. It will teach you to be logical to a fault. It will also teach you how to A) research your ass off and B) bullshit in a plausible manner. Or at least, that's what I learned. I got the art of writing a stellar essay down to two days - one of research, one to write.
Anyway, science has very little tolerance for waffling. One of the hardest things about writing scientific essays was that balance between telling the story/presenting the argument and using the facts. After writing biological reports and essays for four years, a creative writing portfolio was the easist thing in the world. Hell, it's been a challenge for me to get back into the mode of actually describing things with some kind of creative detail.
So honestly, LKH? Fuck you. Fuck you with a rusty chainsaw, and fuck you backwards through a hedge. Do not claim that science has made you orderly and logical, because your literature could be classed as some kind of Weapon of Mass Destruction if it was ever dropped on the Vulcan homeworld.
Will Anita ever leave the US? A lot of your European and Australian fans would love to read an adventure set on their shores . . .
Yeah, I don't see that happening. It's a 12-15 hour trip from Sydney to LA, and we all know how much LKH hates flying.
And even if she did make it here, A) I kinda hope that our way of life confuses the hell out of her, because I really like confusing people with everyday slang (I'm a mean Australian that way) or B) she gets freaked right the hell out by our wildlife. While no, you probably won't die if you're sensible about everything, but try to keep in mind that we've got some of the deadliest things in the world down here.
Though, the reality would probably be that she discovers something OMFG AWESOME and will try to bring it to all the wymyn in the world. Like beer. Or lamingtons. OH GOD, she'll try to pimp lamingtons! *flail* NUUUU!!!