Does anyone know of, or participate in, any LOCAL/Shoals Area writers' group(s)? TIA
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I was thinking of that story too -as well as thinking about trying to read Faulkner!quote:Originally posted by uwsoftball:
Ha Ha Earthmomma, that reminds of the old rag about a student arguing with his teacher about "run on sentences".
Purportedly, the student was arguing that Faulker once had a run on sentence that went for two pages. (The Sound and The Fury, maybe?) So why couldn't he do the same?
Teachers response: When you have a number 1 seller you can write all the "run on sentences" you desire.
Of course I could be confusing this story with another one. I'm a little slow you know.
I just remembered that I scored 10 points on a test by identifying a previously unseen bit of Faulknerese! One word clue and style were the give aways.quote:Originally posted by earthmomma:I was thinking of that story too -as well as thinking about trying to read Faulkner!quote:Originally posted by uwsoftball:
Ha Ha Earthmomma, that reminds of the old rag about a student arguing with his teacher about "run on sentences".
Purportedly, the student was arguing that Faulker once had a run on sentence that went for two pages. (The Sound and The Fury, maybe?) So why couldn't he do the same?
Teachers response: When you have a number 1 seller you can write all the "run on sentences" you desire.
Of course I could be confusing this story with another one. I'm a little slow you know.
quote:Take the word "which" out of most TD writers' vocabulary and they couldn't write a story if their existence in this or the next world depended on it.
quote:Originally posted by uwsoftball:
Ha Ha Earthmomma, that reminds of the old rag about a student arguing with his teacher about "run on sentences".
Purportedly, the student was arguing that Faulker once had a run on sentence that went for two pages. (The Sound and The Fury, maybe?) So why couldn't he do the same?
Teachers response: When you have a number 1 seller you can write all the "run on sentences" you desire.
Of course I could be confusing this story with another one. I'm a little slow you know.
quote:Originally posted by dogsoldier0513:quote:Take the word "which" out of most TD writers' vocabulary and they couldn't write a story if their existence in this or the next world depended on it.
'Whiches'??? It isn't Halloween!!!!!
quote:Originally posted by earthmomma:
dogsoldier, Paragraphing is deeper than that!
We noticed! I was laughing too hard to comment! Did you say Faulkner had a thorn in his flesh? I caught the spelling because that was funny also! Was it a test? LOL!quote:Originally posted by uwsoftball:
Ohh.... and yes I am in training to knock Faulkner off his thorne as "King of the run on sentence"