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The Blog of Science Fiction Writer Michael A. Burstein
Advice on Writing
Advice on Writing
Oct
.
28th
,
2004
02:51 pm
mabfan
"The only wrong thing you could do was to try to write in an artificial way and not be what and who you are." --
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Date:
2004-10-28 12:35 pm (UTC)
From:
terri-osborne.livejournal.com
Lady Bright, if everyone we knew could follow that,
mabfan
. :)
Thank you for posting that, and thank for coming up with it,
scarlettina
. :)
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Date:
2004-10-28 12:54 pm (UTC)
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scarlettina.livejournal.com
I wish I'd said it a little more gracefully, but it gets across one of the basic and hard-learned lessons gleaned from this summer's rather, um, dramatic events. :)
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Date:
2004-10-28 01:16 pm (UTC)
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mabfan.livejournal.com
I really needed this today. Thanks again.
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Date:
2004-10-28 02:07 pm (UTC)
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terri-osborne.livejournal.com
Not to mention some lessons that I'm learning, myself. I can very much relate to it right now. :)
Again, there you go with the precognitive information. That's twice this week. ;)
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Date:
2004-10-28 03:14 pm (UTC)
From:
dianora2.livejournal.com
That Janna, she's so wise. :)
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Date:
2004-10-28 06:26 pm (UTC)
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mabfan.livejournal.com
She's also good at baking pies!
(Oh, I'm sorry, I thought we were supposed to rhyme...)
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Date:
2004-10-28 09:15 pm (UTC)
From:
joecoustic.livejournal.com
Not a bad way to look at living either :).
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Date:
2004-10-29 07:46 am (UTC)
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mabfan.livejournal.com
You know, if you want to rephrase this, I'd be happy to post another line from you.
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Date:
2004-10-29 09:03 pm (UTC)
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scarlettina.livejournal.com
It's fine as is, Michael. It gets the point across. But thank you. :)
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Date:
2004-10-29 09:04 pm (UTC)
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scarlettina.livejournal.com
::chuckle:: Thank you, my dear!
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Date: 2004-10-28 12:35 pm (UTC)Thank you for posting that, and thank for coming up with it,
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Date: 2004-10-28 12:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-10-28 02:07 pm (UTC)Again, there you go with the precognitive information. That's twice this week. ;)
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Date: 2004-10-28 06:26 pm (UTC)(Oh, I'm sorry, I thought we were supposed to rhyme...)
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