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Re: Daily advice

Post by keats » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:37 pm

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

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Re: Daily advice

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:02 am

The story is not in the plot but in the telling. It is the telling that moves.

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Re: Daily advice

Post by Heather » Thu Jul 16, 2015 10:25 am

Mmm. I think you'd need a good plot too Neville, because if the plot is crap it's hard to "tell" it well.

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Re: Daily advice

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:52 pm

"good" versus " crap" was not mentioned. It's about expression. ;)
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Re: Daily advice

Post by keats » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:28 pm

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Re: Daily advice

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:31 pm

That's it keats. By George he's got it ! :lol:
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Re: Daily advice

Post by Neville Briggs » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:15 am

Concentration and total commitment to language are by far and away the most important qualities needed for poetry writing.


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Re: Daily advice

Post by Bob Pacey » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:18 am

Are you sure that was not Mr Short-en Keats ??? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Re: Daily advice

Post by Bob Pacey » Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:36 am

Never stand behind a horse or a politician !



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Re: Daily advice

Post by Neville Briggs » Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:23 pm

The Sri Lankan batsmen found him harder to read than Finnegan's Wake.

Peter Roebuck in 2006 being a poetic cricket writer in SMH.
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