[Platt] Right on. My advice to all writers: Tell me quick and tell me true, otherwise to hell with you.
[Krimel] I like that one. I may put it on my 'fridge. [Arlo] Yeah, who needs "Moby Dick" or "War and Peace" when the Cliff Notes tell you much quicker. ;-) Viva le soundbite-media! Actually, I recently finished a re-read of Eiji Yoshikawa's "Musashi", a very long book. I was actually disappointed (again) when it ended, I wished it was longer. Sometimes the "yarn" that is woven is better when it is longer. Sometimes Quality can not be reduced to a ten-second soundbite. Not always, to be sure, but sometimes... As a gift, here is the short and higher quality version of Moby Dick. Ahab was mad at a whale. It killed him. You're welcome. ;-) [Krimel] While I don't think this is quite what Strunk and White had in mind I actually like your summary of Moby Dick better than the original. White was E.B. White of Charlotte's Web fame. I think they were advocating a kind of Hemmingwayesque style of writing, sparse but clear. They weren't really talking about the length of the work. I would also add that you have to know the rules well before you can break them well. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
