2007-04-08 11:52:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Dear Andrew: Based on the level of writing ability I've seen here on Yahoo Answers, I get the feeling that there might not be one good sentence in all of us! But that does not mean that there's not one good book in some of us, maybe even you. If you feel that there's a story in you, give it a try. And best of luck to you. Look, if Dan Brown can foist his execrable writing on the public, anybody can write a best-seller.
2007-04-08 12:14:54 · answer #1 · answered by cjones1303 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people like Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway proved that those with the talent can write a number of great works.
I think To Kill A Mockingbird is an excellent book, but I'm of the opinion that Harper Lee knew that she would never be able to top it and, therefore, quit while she was ahead.
2007-04-08 21:47:13 · answer #2 · answered by shy_voo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Not at all. Plenty of great authors have had more than one good book in them. In fact, more than one GREAT book. I just think Harper Lee is a very different individual. She is an anamoly in the world of fiction rather than the norm. She seems to be very reclusive and perhaps she felt that she could never live up to what she created with To Kill a Mockingbird. Fortunately for us, authors like Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, Dickens, Hugo and many many others took that leap of faith and went for a second, third, fourth etc book. Pax - C.
2007-04-08 12:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, Ive done alot of research on Harper Lee, everything she wrote in "To Kill a Mocking Bird" came from her own experiences, which most authors do. The reason she only wrote that one book is because she had no other feelings into put any other book because everything was explained in that one. Alot of authors just put different life stories into other books, Lee just didn't do that.
If you really want more information about this i suggest reading "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee"
2007-04-08 11:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. There may have only been one good book in her--that's all it proves. Many writers get better with each book. Evidently Ms. Lee just felt very strongly about this one subject, and having said what she had to say about it, didn't write much of anything (a couple of magazine articles) after that.
We all know, however, that it was a terrific book and was well worthy of the Pulitzer Prize that it earned for her. Too bad she was never inspired to write another.
2007-04-08 12:04:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such standard. Uncounted authors wrote more than one good book.
2007-04-08 12:08:55 · answer #6 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope not, but I'm wondering. I just wrote my first novel and I'm waiting to hear from the publishing house that I sent it to. After this one, I want to write others, but I don't know if I actually have another book in me. Time will tell.
2007-04-08 12:00:58 · answer #7 · answered by sustasue 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
She plagiarised the plot from Faulkner, and her editor rewrote most of it for her.
With that sort of help - you're right!
2007-04-08 22:19:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no , that was her choice. She may have had more if she had continued.
2007-04-08 17:55:25 · answer #9 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
um...yes i think so, well maybe not i wasnt quit sure, sry!
2007-04-08 11:57:51 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Hot•Babe♥ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋