What about Stephen King? Francis
On 6 Jul., 20:44, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes- those were the wrong examples. Who would you suggest? > > On Jul 6, 1:39 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
