"I've been thinking about writing a novel."<\/p>\n
"I don't understand."<\/p>\n
"I said, I've been thinking about writing a novel. What's there not to understand?"<\/p>\n
"The phrase thinking about writing<\/em>. Is that even grammatical? And if so, what could it possibly mean?"<\/p>\n "What? It's perfectly gram\u2014oh, I get it. Fine. No hedging: I am going<\/em> to write a novel!"<\/p>\n "Sorry, I still don't get it. I know what it means to have written something, or to be at a keyboard writing something. But to be going to<\/em> write something, in the unobservable future? Even if the concept is coherent\u2014and I'm not sure it is\u2014how could you possibly know<\/em>?"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" "I've been thinking about writing a novel." "I don't understand." "I said, I've been thinking about writing a novel. What's there not to understand?" "The phrase thinking about writing. Is that even grammatical? And if so, what could it possibly … Continue reading