http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/ Purveyor of fine webtronic literaryisms. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:35:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3896 snackywombat Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:03:56 +0000 http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3896 Cliff, I hear you on being intimidated. Usually that's why I don't send a lot of my stuff out in the first place! Glaize, great point. I once had a workshop teacher say that she could teach a monkey to write well as long as she could teach it to read first. Cliff, I hear you on being intimidated. Usually that’s why I don’t send a lot of my stuff out in the first place!
Glaize, great point. I once had a workshop teacher say that she could teach a monkey to write well as long as she could teach it to read first.

]]> http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3895 glaize Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:35:35 +0000 http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3895 In the second last line, there was a typo: "That's how it is." I think I need a new keyboard... In the second last line, there was a typo: “That’s how it is.” I think I need a new keyboard…

]]> http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3894 glaize Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:34:12 +0000 http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3894 I agree. I think the classes provide us with knowledge on the standard writing style. The knowledge that simply helps us to start but the rest are derived from our own efforts. We read great books, we could probably write great pieces. That's how it. A writer is a reader before and always should be a reader. I agree. I think the classes provide us with knowledge on the standard writing style. The knowledge that simply helps us to start but the rest are derived from our own efforts. We read great books, we could probably write great pieces. That’s how it. A writer is a reader before and always should be a reader.

]]> http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3893 Cliff Burns Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:38:46 +0000 http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3893 Indeed, you are what you read and the mind is a muscle that can become too flabby from "junk" fiction. Study how the masters accomplished a certain effect--of course, sometimes I'll read someone like Annie Dillard or Cormac McCarthy and be so intimidated I can't approach my desk for a solid WEEK... Indeed, you are what you read and the mind is a muscle that can become too flabby from “junk” fiction. Study how the masters accomplished a certain effect–of course, sometimes I’ll read someone like Annie Dillard or Cormac McCarthy and be so intimidated I can’t approach my desk for a solid WEEK…

]]> http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3892 bookbabie Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:14:19 +0000 http://minusspine.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-rewards-of-being-bookish/#comment-3892 Excellent post, music and great writing inspires me:) Excellent post, music and great writing inspires me:)

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