Tuesday, January 6, 2004
The skill of writing....
"The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think."- Edwin Schlossberg This alludes to the truth that all writing is an interpersonal exchange....an attempt at communication with another someone....even an effort to weedle one's way into another's mind and change it.
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....sub-zero temperatures...
On a very cold morning, this quote warms me just a bit....from the inside out.... "The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured...
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Monday, January 5, 2004
...a little humor to mark the end of the holidays....
"If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."-Albert Einstein
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Sunday, January 4, 2004
.....plotting....
As I read this quote, I find myself asking, Doesn't this capture the essence of plot in so very many stories that catch up the reader in turning page to frantic page? Will the 'mistake' be caught in time? "Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps...
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Saturday, January 3, 2004
This is a quote I read on the Wordchime.com site...an anonymous quote...
...with grains of truth that make this humorous with a punch.... "People are certainly peculiar - they want the front of the bus, the back of the church and the middle of the road." - Author Unknown
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