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   Brenda Clough to Dorothy J Heydt   
   Re: storytelling: talent or skill?   
   15 Jun 14 12:28:16   
   
   From: BrendaWriter@yahoo.com   
      
   On 6/15/2014 1:10 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > 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.*   
   >   
      
   You have read THE MIND OF THE MAKER by Sayers, right?   
      
   Brenda   
      
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