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   Dorothy J Heydt to jwkenne@attglobal.net   
   Re: storytelling: talent or skill?   
   15 Jun 14 05:10:20   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <2014061422290066539-jwkenne@attglobalnet>,   
   John W Kennedy   wrote:   
   >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)   
   >   
   A learned priest of my acquaintance said, "But of course she got   
   it all from St. Augustine."  "Where in St. Augustine?" I asked.   
   "It's in _De Trinitate,_" he said, so I bought a copy.   
      
   I hope some day to get through it, but it's *long.*   
      
   --   
   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt at gmail dot com   
   Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress.   
   Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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