Re: THE DANCE
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:47 pm
You asked what I'd edit, well you asked, so in brackets I've put the bits I'd have taken out:
(Well, I have somewhere to go and some things to do prior, so I'm going to get those done and then return. I know how time flies here, so if there's time left before I leave, I'll write a little more in response. Then, if I run late, I can just get up and rush off.
Before I go, though, )I want to introduce the idea to you that you are the one who is speaking in absolutes, telling me the way things are... the things I'm saying have been qualified any number of ways, with intention.
You took out of context the point I was making about what happens with regard to writers/publishers/editors/readers. When I said that, my point was made immediately following it that this is excellent, if publishing is what the person has in mind. If publishing is not what they have in mind, then publishers/editors/readers [as in book buyers] are a moot point. (My point is that these roles are not factors in every person's life who writes, not even in their desires. Perhaps, I need to put my qualifiers in italics or caps, so you don't miss them.) I'm not sure if you're trying to respond to what I'm saying with a broad brush intentionally, or whether you're really missing what it is that I'm saying.
(I try to make it clear that) I DO understand the distinctions between critiqueing a work and criticizing the writer(... )and (that) the former CAN be done very effectively, without even beginning to do the latter. (Perhaps, )it might be good to remember how and why it is that this entire discourse began.
I've not gone off on any tangents and I would appreciate it if you didn't try to diminish the points I'm making by minimizing them in that way.
(More later...) since you feel I need editing and that you know about that realm, feel free to edit what I've written,( and I'll get an idea of whether you do slantwork with your editing. So far, your understanding has been slanted.)
~ Lizzy
That's my suggestion.
Actually, all writers need to begin not by being edited but by self editing
You do go off on tangents Lizzy, we've heard about your lawn, your neighbour, what you had to do, your computer breaking up - those are tangents that make it more difficult to stick with the original point.
But I have never convinced you that anything you said about anything - from Anjani's lyrics to creative writing - might not be correct, so I don't expect to suceed now!
RP

(Well, I have somewhere to go and some things to do prior, so I'm going to get those done and then return. I know how time flies here, so if there's time left before I leave, I'll write a little more in response. Then, if I run late, I can just get up and rush off.
Before I go, though, )I want to introduce the idea to you that you are the one who is speaking in absolutes, telling me the way things are... the things I'm saying have been qualified any number of ways, with intention.
You took out of context the point I was making about what happens with regard to writers/publishers/editors/readers. When I said that, my point was made immediately following it that this is excellent, if publishing is what the person has in mind. If publishing is not what they have in mind, then publishers/editors/readers [as in book buyers] are a moot point. (My point is that these roles are not factors in every person's life who writes, not even in their desires. Perhaps, I need to put my qualifiers in italics or caps, so you don't miss them.) I'm not sure if you're trying to respond to what I'm saying with a broad brush intentionally, or whether you're really missing what it is that I'm saying.
(I try to make it clear that) I DO understand the distinctions between critiqueing a work and criticizing the writer(... )and (that) the former CAN be done very effectively, without even beginning to do the latter. (Perhaps, )it might be good to remember how and why it is that this entire discourse began.
I've not gone off on any tangents and I would appreciate it if you didn't try to diminish the points I'm making by minimizing them in that way.
(More later...) since you feel I need editing and that you know about that realm, feel free to edit what I've written,( and I'll get an idea of whether you do slantwork with your editing. So far, your understanding has been slanted.)
~ Lizzy
That's my suggestion.
Actually, all writers need to begin not by being edited but by self editing
You do go off on tangents Lizzy, we've heard about your lawn, your neighbour, what you had to do, your computer breaking up - those are tangents that make it more difficult to stick with the original point.
But I have never convinced you that anything you said about anything - from Anjani's lyrics to creative writing - might not be correct, so I don't expect to suceed now!

RP