tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140406629993058649.post8864440925707523417..comments2017-10-21T20:07:45.639+01:00Comments on Severn Valley Authors: Eighteenth-century thoughts on writingRoberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14179276687488472916noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140406629993058649.post-70787804695736999502010-05-10T12:40:14.406+01:002010-05-10T12:40:14.406+01:00Name-dropping aside, Tony. I think somewhere in th...Name-dropping aside, Tony. I think somewhere in there Pope said that there is an implied contract between the writer and the reader - one to transmit and one to receive. Both ends of the transaction require commitment and thus deserve recognition. If Pope meant this, in what to me is quite an elusive piece of writing, he was saying it behoves all writers to facilitate the process of reading. Something which (IMHO) some hugely respected contemporary writers in English fail to do.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179276687488472916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5140406629993058649.post-7939290719975720792010-05-03T10:11:44.040+01:002010-05-03T10:11:44.040+01:00Honestly Tone.
Voltaire, Henry Fielding, Keats, Bu...Honestly Tone.<br />Voltaire, Henry Fielding, Keats, Burns, Alexander Pope!<br />What a namedropper you are! <br />Meanwhile, on the subject of writing, I rather like this from Canadian novelist Kate Pullinger:<br />“Many writers write because they feel compelled to do so; because if they don't they aren't happy. In some ways, this is the best place to start: have a good idea and then feel guilty about it every day you waste not working on it.”<br />That's me. I feel guilty every day I waste not working on it — and that's most days, sadly.<br />PS: Did you find your little notebook amongst the Target magazines?Phil Gillamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05795056751624592215noreply@blogger.com