Gossamerchild reviewed Confessions of a young novelist by Umberto Eco (The Richard Ellmann lectures in modern literature)
Review of 'Confessions of a young novelist' on 'Storygraph'
Got most of the way through this, then remembered why I don't like Eco-pretentious and overblown; too consumed with the importance of his own voice. That's the vibe I get from his writing, in any case. I dislike literary snobbery, and dismissing readers as unsophisticated (I'm paraphrasing here-I don't remember exactly what he said) raises my hackles.