Guys. You guys. I just had an epiphany. I know why
@Connor has written so much on forums about his novel while not actually writing the novel itself. I know why he knows so little about the actual plot and characterization of his supposed "life's work." Connor has never intended to write a novel. He wants to write a
memoir.
Think about it. Whenever he talks about "the writing process," what does he reference? Stephen King's
On Writing. Back when that book was released, the reading public was super-stoked, because holy shit, Stephen Freakin' King wrote a book all about his life and thoughts and opinions, how he struggled with substance abuse and almost died in that car accident, and all of the influences that led him to create the things that he's written, this is gonna be
so cool! And it
was interesting and poignant and super-cool, and everyone loved it.
That's what Connor is after. He wants other people to see him as deep and profound, to regard his thoughts and opinions as not just worthy, but superior to their own. He craves the narcissistic satisfaction of writing about writing, and hearing other people go "Wow, Connor, I never thought of something like that! That's so cool!" He wants the response that King received without actually putting in the work and effort of being Stephen King. So, he talks big about psychological themes and pop-culture "homages," exaggerates the inconveniences of his life into a heroic struggle, goes on for long stretches about his emotions and family struggles instead of advancing an actual plot (like in Meowthkip's round robin), and basically tries to do everything that an established career author writing a memoir would do, just without actually having to
do anything memorable.
So, yeah. I advise everyone to stop trying to help Connor with his novel, because he's not writing a novel and he never has been. He's been using the barest skeleton of
Redesigning Eva as a prop that lets him sign up for innumerable forums and do what he's actually meant to do this whole time: write about himself writing.