tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post2546869201215431908..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: WritingGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-22485733149702679762011-05-30T20:19:58.113+01:002011-05-30T20:19:58.113+01:00Writing concisely is an art. It takes careful tho...Writing concisely is an art. It takes careful thought and sometimes research. I think that is why I enjoy my version of blog world so much. It is open to interpretation. It is like an electronic form of my own journal and I am free to ramble as I do in my thoughts...take a little side-road here, chase down a rabbit trail there....It is precisely the freedom of it that draws me here. ;^) <br /><br />A friend and I are teaching writing workshops part time now and part of the challenge is to teach business employees how to write carefully and concisely. I think that overall, the care pervades my writing, but mostly, I ignore rules in blog land because that is where I relax! ;^DCynthia L. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13626090956828108370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-48046132820249307512011-05-25T09:58:40.000+01:002011-05-25T09:58:40.000+01:00Yes, Norma, it is irony really. The point being t...Yes, Norma, it is irony really. The point being that it takes much longer for many people to hone and craft a short work than it does to ramble and produce a long one. I am given to understand that one of the cultural differences between the US and the UK is that, generally speaking, irony is not used in the US to the extent it is in the UK. Mind you although Mark Twain published Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in the UK first he was an American author. So perhaps my understanding is wrong.<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words Lisa. I'm so enjoying wandering around in your world. I hope you find your way through and keep blogging even if you go on to other things as well.<br /><br />Yes, Monica. Good précis is the most difficult aspect I find. The problem I find is not two hands but trying to get the 10 assorted digits on them to do what I want them to do.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-1688937221648753102011-05-25T09:36:26.741+01:002011-05-25T09:36:26.741+01:00PS. Ouch, I pressed the send button too soon there...PS. Ouch, I pressed the send button too soon there. Too many "other hands" in that comment ;) as if I had half a dozen to choose from...DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4794664472382124932011-05-25T09:10:28.708+01:002011-05-25T09:10:28.708+01:00I know what you mean. Used to be part of my job to...I know what you mean. Used to be part of my job too (even if I wasn't in the field of politics). On the other hand in private letters I could often easily ramble on for pages. Nowadays that takes too much physical energy. On the other hand I can spend hours on finding the right words to put something short.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-37050756728218712332011-05-25T02:22:59.730+01:002011-05-25T02:22:59.730+01:00You do an amazing job writing! It's always en...You do an amazing job writing! It's always enjoyable and entertaining, and so human!<br /><br />I seem to be in some transition these days; not sure where I'm headed writing-wise, or posting-wise. Kind of in a state of flux. I know I'll work through it, but it's frustrating and time consuming in it's own way right now.shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340974325967555770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-69794647387927419052011-05-25T00:55:21.085+01:002011-05-25T00:55:21.085+01:001st I like the humor in Pascal's and Katherine...1st I like the humor in Pascal's and Katherine's quotes. But I am confused or they were both using irony!<br />2nd You are not by yourself; I take as long as you do, and often more time than that.<br />Your weather sounds more like late fall or winter rather than spring. Is it often that way? Keep safe.Scrappy Gramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09009685288094065223noreply@blogger.com