wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "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.
>
Oh, I'll readily admit to leading a boring life...
But, hey, that's why you hep cats have the responsibility to those
of us who live vicariously through you to be as truthful and as
honest as you can in the "stories" that you relate to us 'cause it's
all we losers have!
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