>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"
> <shempmcgurk@> wrote:
> >
> > Barry:
> >
> > I don't read all of your posts only because I don't have the time
> to.
> > Of those that I read, I do so because I admire your writing
> skills,
> > particularly your ability to express the unique and interesting
> ways
> > in which you view the world.
> >
> > You are also an "honest" writer. What I mean by that is your
> > writing comes off as reflecting your inner thoughts very well;
> > you're able to put into concrete words very abstract concepts
that
> > obviously exist on a deep level of your mind. Not many people can
> > bring those out to the surface in such a clear, concise and oh-so-
> > entertaining way.
> >
> > But it is this very characteristic at honesty that sometimes
gives
> > you away. What I mean by that is your tendency to embellish.
> When
> > you are in the midst of expressing one of your wonderful thoughts
> or
> > points, I suggest you will fill in a gap with an embellishment of
> > the subject at hand. It becomes too convenient for you to
perhaps
> > squeeze in a made-up tidbit instead of doing otherwise. You fall
> > into temptation...especially when the tidbit, completely under
> your
> > control, can be shaped and formed exactly as you want it to be.
> >
> > But it is your inherent honesty that gives you away. Because
when
> > you do embellish, it is an obvious break from your normal train
> > of "honest" writing; when it happens the "something is off" red
> > light goes off quite easily and it then stands out like a sore
> thumb.
> >
> > Sometimes I don't think that's such a bad thing if it's innocent
> > enough. No harm done if a minor embellishment makes your point
> flow
> > better or is amusing to the reader. But I suggest that if the
> item
> > is too important that sometimes it's also going to come back and
> > bite you on the ass.
> >
> > I don't for a minute suggest you do it to the extent that the
> > protagonist in the following movie does it, but Stephen Glass --
a
> > reporter for "The New Republic" -- is portrayed so perfectly in
> the
> > wonderful movie "Shattered Glass" (based on the true incidents
> > surrounding his life at that magazine). At first, he took a few
> > shortcuts in his reporting that no one noticed. So he kept doing
> it
> > more and doing it more frequently in each article he wrote until,
> > soon, he was writing complete articles out of whole cloth.
> >
> > Ironically, I think you're lucky because unlike Stephen Glass
> whose
> > editors let him get away with it, you have a Judy Stein looking
> over
> > your shoulder virtually every crossed T and dotted I that you
> write
> > and she won't let you get away with anything.
> >
> > She keeps you kosher.
>
> Whatever. I think you just like to believe
> that I "embellish" because you chose to
> settle for a boring life.
Says Barry, embellishing.
>
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