Shakespeare, Mozart and Picasso had one more thing in common, apart from their prolificacy, rigsy - it's called genius. You can't really use them as a benchmark. Although all three understood all about long hours and hard work.
Francis On 6 Jul., 19:55, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > If an artist is prolific, he/she can turn out a vast amount work. > Think of Shakespeare, Mozart, Picasso, etc.- if they dallied over > every word, note stroke of the brush we would be bereft! The had self- > confidence and high energy. I would not trust friends to be good > editors- if they are brutally honest, the friendship will perish! > > On Jul 6, 8:20 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I think Don, has hit the preverbriale nail on the head here. > > > Even when the ideas come easy (if ever) the actual craft of good > > writting is a long hard slog. Every single word needs to be thought > > about, agonised over, drafted, redrafted, commited to, changed again, > > and then finaly given to trusted friends who you know will be brutaly > > honest about this thing you have poured all your emotions, feelings, > > thoughts, heart and soul out over, and then in all likelyhood will > > need just one or perhaps two more 'goings over' until you are happy > > enough to let it go. > > > Good luck, and please do let us all have a preview! > > > On 3 July, 23:41, kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i want to write a, iguess short story, of 4,000 words or less. it is a > > > competition and the prize is $2,500. how did you go about doing it, > > > and what were your motives? can someone just sit down and write a > > > great book in a week or so, or does there need to be intricate > > > planning?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
