Exactly. She's just completed her PhD recently. And she's wonderfully unpretentious about being a writer
Ruby Granger #38 Oh Jesus, Ruby's off to Jesus
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She does realise a lot of writers write some of their greatest pieces later in life right? When they have life experience, wisdom, and perspective to pour into their works. She has zero life experience sitting at a bloody desk all day.
And many writers that are very much loved were not even really recognised so highly in their lifetime. Especially the ones that she seems to adore. Sylvia Plath for example lived an absolutely full, yet tortured life. Marriage, lovers, becoming a mother. While she was somewhat known in her lifetime, it was after her tragic death that many of her more well-known works were published and studied etc.
I'd also like to know what Roob's goal is with her writing. Is it to be published? If so, why? For financial reasons? For fame? To share her creativity and works with others? Young, highly successful contemporary writers are really quite rare. Donna Tartt for example spent almost 10 years writing The Secret History. I think she was close to 30 when it was finally published. I feel that Ruby hasn't found her identity or style as a writer yet. It seems to be more performative, rather than a genuine passion and gift. I mean, Erimentha.
What a terrible piece of writing! Even commercially successful writers such as Stephen King, J.K Rowling etc. Not exactly highbrow literature, but their writing skill is undeniable, enjoyable, huge fan followings etc. Ruby is nowhere near this level of skill.I think that she is floundering with the writing, writing about six books at once and she is having to take all of these holidays to help with the 'writer's block,' as she is panicking. I could be looking into it too much, but I always felt that she is wanting to be a notable writer who became successful young and is perhaps a prodigy. I think that she is starting to panic as she is approaching her mid-twenties and she is outgrowing /has outgrown the Hermione Granger image of herself. I think that with Ruby at the moment she would want anything published instead of something that she was proud of. She wants the writer identity and it is not one that she is going to outgrow once shes leaves university and goes into the real world.
I think as well, she is getting closer to starting her masters and she is going to be interacting with other students what can she really tell them about herself other than the fact that she has a youtube channel and she reads so many books? I think that she is wanting to get a book published so she looks impressive to make up for the lack of life experience that she has and so others can look at her with awe even if it's just her young fans.
I think as well, she is getting closer to starting her masters and she is going to be interacting with other students what can she really tell them about herself other than the fact that she has a youtube channel and she reads so many books? I think that she is wanting to get a book published so she looks impressive to make up for the lack of life experience that she has and so others can look at her with awe even if it's just her young fans.
I still don’t know who even told her it’s a good idea to become a writer. She never wrote anything good, doesn’t have a talent, nothing. It’s as if she decided to become an actress based on comments of some of her absolutely deluded fans who enjoyed the absolutely awful hermione videos and crappy voice overs. She’s deluded if she thinks she can write a good book just like that.
The way she talks about her publishing goals and what she's chosen to write is all really telling.I'd also like to know what Roob's goal is with her writing. Is it to be published? If so, why? For financial reasons? For fame? To share her creativity and works with others? Young, highly successful contemporary writers are really quite rare. Donna Tartt for example spent almost 10 years writing The Secret History. I think she was close to 30 when it was finally published. I feel that Ruby hasn't found her identity or style as a writer yet. It seems to be more performative, rather than a genuine passion and gift. I mean, Erimentha.
She's said she's dedicated to getting a traditional book deal and expected that to come practically instantly. When talking about her desire to land a book deal, she kept name-checking Stephen King, of all people - a writer completely outside her realm of interest, but one of the most commercially successful writers ever. She pictures herself in the top 1% of paid authors despite zero talent, ability or desire to work for it.
She also chose to write a contemporary YA mystery book at a time when that was one of the most commercially popular genres, despite an outspoken disinterest/dislike for contemporary YA fiction. She also did her best to rip off all her material from other books in the genre. When her YA mystery got rejections, she instantly pulled it and pivoted to ripping off Lemony Snicket, and when her agent told her 'no thanks', she's now switched to whatever derivative dark macadamia book she's slapping together.
It's all very calculated and transparent. I don't believe she has any genuine interest in writing. It's definitely just an extension of her fake bookworm persona and her drastically inflated opinion of herself. I think she just sees a traditional publishing deal as the equivalent of an A grade to be handed over as validation of her natural (imaginary) genius - something she could get without trying because she's SYO VARRY NATUROLLY TALENTED. She thinks piecing together a Frankensteined first draft from the plots of other books she read with herself jammed in as a protagonist will be an easy shortcut to success, the same way she approached her essays. Clearly the publishing industry isn't falling for that tit.
She obviously isn't interested in growing or improving as a writer, either. Her current writing is just as bad and full of all of the same basic mistakes as her writing from 6 years ago. She can't write about characters that aren't either exactly like her fantasy version of herself, or or just one-dimensional stereotypes. All her poetry is badly copied from dead poets. She's said before she can't write about things unless they're currently happening to her - she has to go outside and be cold to picture what being cold is like - and has no imagination. She's said before that she finds editing (a massive, critical part of the writing process) to be "mindless and boring" and clearly doesn't do it.
I've said it before, but if she actually wanted to write for the joy of writing and to have people read it, she'd self-publish. Self-publishing is a respectable and viable option in today's marketplace, and considering she has a big social media platform to market a book from. A traditional publisher would expect her to do most of the marketing herself anyway. She doesn't need the money and the vast majority of working authors don't earn a lot anyway, but she'd keep a larger cut of the profits self-publishing than if she was splitting it with agents and publishers. She wouldn't be beholden to genre expectations, editors or commercial timelines, she could just publish whatever she wants, whenever she wants. But she won't do that because she thinks she's entitled to massive book deals and bestseller status because mummy says her writing is THE VARRY BASST AVVAR!
She wants to be a writer because she thinks it's easy and a way around entering the traditional adult world of work, that's it. She wants a job where she doesn't have to leave her own house, where she doesn't have to be managed by anyone else, where she doesn't have to interact with anyone until she's finished a book and in her head she'll send it off, they'll have no corrections and they'll order five sequels she can work on for the next 10-20 years. She's hell-bent on becoming a writer because she thinks it's a way around dealing with the scary adult and social world.
I wonder if she's been advised to take writing courses by her agent after getting some rejections.
I wonder if she's been advised to take writing courses by her agent after getting some rejections.
I doubt it. Her agent happily signed Ruby up based on a bad first draft of a generic mess of a novel because they thought her influencer following would translate to an easy book sale. I can't see Ruby listening to constructive feedback anyway, but they seem just as bad as each other.
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That's the kind of content I would have liked to see from Ruby
It seems to me she thinks you can spend your way to being a writer. The iMac that she bought specifically for writing, the typewriter, the holiday to Venice to overcome writer's block, the writer's retreat...it's all awfully performative and, I don't know, consumeristic? If you're not a talented writer and you don't work hard, money won't make you oneAnd many writers that are very much loved were not even really recognised so highly in their lifetime. Especially the ones that she seems to adore. Sylvia Plath for example lived an absolutely full, yet tortured life. Marriage, lovers, becoming a mother. While she was somewhat known in her lifetime, it was after her tragic death that many of her more well-known works were published and studied etc.
I'd also like to know what Roob's goal is with her writing. Is it to be published? If so, why? For financial reasons? For fame? To share her creativity and works with others? Young, highly successful contemporary writers are really quite rare. Donna Tartt for example spent almost 10 years writing The Secret History. I think she was close to 30 when it was finally published. I feel that Ruby hasn't found her identity or style as a writer yet. It seems to be more performative, rather than a genuine passion and gift. I mean, Erimentha.
I think her taking a year of to write and follow her "passion" for writing and then not attending a writing workshop once says all about how she much actually enjoys writing.
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*when I’m not taking off an entire week to go somewhere to cure my writer’s block
To be fair, that’s what she does with anything. Every time Ruby talks about ‘being’ something, it’s usually accompanied by purchasing lots of stuff. Student - shedloads of stationery and books, writer - notebooks, pens, computers, writing breaks etc. She never authentically just does something, it’s always about the stuff and accessories and playing a role.
Sewing, writing on the typewriter, card making, painting, dark academia, cottagecore, boarding school aesthetic, astronomy: she purchased for all of those fleeing interests.
In a rare moment of honesty from Ruby we have an Instagram post showing her ‘outfit of the afternoon’. At least she’s not pretending it’s an ‘outfit of the day’ …
'sweet balm'?????? She just puts words and thinks they are deep and meaningful. Its not working. I feel that she is channelling Dakota Warren here, which is not a good thing.
Yes. This too. It should actually be 'POV you are Penultimate looking thru my bedroom window as I sit on my new bedsheets with a pile of books'Also, hear me out, THIS OS NOT HOW "POV" WORKS!!!!!!!!! Im triggeredd
She's done this numerous times and I don't think she's gotten it right once. I know a lot of TikTokkers are too dumb/lazy to figure out how POV works, but as someone who claims to be a PARRFACTIONIST who JANUINELY READS HONDRADS OF BOCKS A YAHHR, there's no excuse for not knowing how point of view works considering it's a basic narrative device.Also, hear me out, THIS OS NOT HOW "POV" WORKS!!!!!!!!! Im triggeredd
'POV: you celebrate your birthday alone in the countryside'
Newsflash, Ruby, you bleeping dumbass: If this is your POV and you can see someone right in front of you, then you're not alone. Dumb as a bag of rocks.
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