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   Message 143,124 of 144,800   
   John W Kennedy to Jim Hetley   
   Re: storytelling: talent or skill?   
   14 Jun 14 22:29:00   
   
   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-06-14 22:39:05 +0000, Jim Hetley said:   
      
   > Has anyone quoted Kipling yet?   
   >   
   > "There are nine and sixty ways   
   > "Of reciting tribal lays   
   > "And every single one of them is right!"   
      
   A frequent chorus here. But there are still some general principles   
   that apply to everyone, such as "Know your tools and how to use them."   
   And, of course, there's always Sayers' Trinity:   
      
   You need an idea (the Father)   
   You need to do the work (the Son)   
   And you need to see your creation as the audience will (the Holy Ghost)   
      
   --   
   John W Kennedy   
   "You can, if you wish, class all science-fiction together; but it is   
   about as perceptive as classing the works of Ballantyne, Conrad and W.   
   W. Jacobs together as the 'sea-story' and then criticizing _that_."   
     -- C. S. Lewis.  "An Experiment in Criticism"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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