tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post187913031860747538..comments2023-03-25T07:08:41.408-07:00Comments on It's like making sausage...: Writing Tips for the Practical-Minded #20: I apologize for sending you this time-wasterMary Anna Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953683724363875469noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-19333120636388898592010-07-16T06:32:53.639-07:002010-07-16T06:32:53.639-07:00Cool--I guess Sir Arthur affected you more than yo...Cool--I guess Sir Arthur affected you more than you knew. :)Mary Anna Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953683724363875469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-23738732206483731852010-07-16T06:14:28.691-07:002010-07-16T06:14:28.691-07:00Spooky, I put in a little text in my own words, an...Spooky, I put in a little text in my own words, and it said I wrote like Arthur C. Clarke. Can you believe it? He is one of my favorite authors of all time.<br /><br />Terry ShowsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-56629822684721464252010-07-15T11:39:13.877-07:002010-07-15T11:39:13.877-07:00Kurt Vonnegut? Sweet!
At least it wasn't Bul...Kurt Vonnegut? Sweet!<br /><br />At least it wasn't Bulwer-Lytton...Mary Anna Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953683724363875469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-5870556783532557962010-07-15T10:29:41.526-07:002010-07-15T10:29:41.526-07:00Mine was Kurt V. I can live with that.
Fortunatel...Mine was Kurt V. I can live with that.<br /><br />Fortunately, it didn't say, "You write like sh**."Bruce H. Johnsonhttp://www.freespirituniverse.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-26668746435522682732010-07-15T09:05:45.990-07:002010-07-15T09:05:45.990-07:00Withering creativity into raisinness?
I love it!!...Withering creativity into raisinness?<br /><br />I love it!!!!!!!!Mary Anna Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953683724363875469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-81752739961506001732010-07-15T08:38:52.302-07:002010-07-15T08:38:52.302-07:00I DO! I just wasn't sure because after all, in...I DO! I just wasn't sure because after all, in the pursuit of literary greatness and within the pitfalls of public criticism and total self loathing, there breathes in the soul of a writer the smallest doubt, which has every capacity for withering creativity into raisinness and melting the hope of the human heart, the sustenance of a writer's art, the ink, if you will, in the pen that pours love and fear and passion onto ... OH %$###!!!, WHAT AM I DOING????One More Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167450181761338117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-26806212456279754992010-07-15T08:30:44.110-07:002010-07-15T08:30:44.110-07:00Well, Bulwer-Lytton is very famous, and that's...Well, Bulwer-Lytton is very famous, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. And he was a better writer than Dan Brown, so I think your work's similarity to Mr. Bulwer-Lytton's is a promising sign, don't you?Mary Anna Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953683724363875469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-27829964700820879462010-07-15T08:17:52.247-07:002010-07-15T08:17:52.247-07:00Hey, Mary Anna. I signed onto this fun link and fe...Hey, Mary Anna. I signed onto this fun link and fed it my best opening paragraph. It said I wrote like Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. Is this a bad thing on a dark and stormy night???One More Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167450181761338117noreply@blogger.com