# I wrote a novel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-novel/1023789>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [October 8, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-novel/1023789 "2025-10-08T17:47:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![stopnonstop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@stopnonstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stopnonstop)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-novel/1023789/81 "2026-05-27T20:35:48Z")

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Count me as one of the many people who would be interested in reading your favourite story.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-novel/1023789/82 "2026-05-28T03:49:31Z")

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Linked above. “Kintsugi.”

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-novel/1023789/83 "2026-05-29T16:47:42Z")

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I loved the idea of repairing breaks in time just like a Kintsugi artist.

In my younger days, I would repair road cracks with tar. Very similar work, but what it left behind was smelly and ugly. I love it when a repair makes something more beautiful **because** of the flaws.

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