Quote:Morganite wrote:Similarly, there's that famous line, Samuel Johnson claiming to be quoting someone else, about going through whatever you've written and if you come to "a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out." Following that strictly has always struck me as a recipe for bland writing.
On the other hand, there's another interpretation that sounds more like "If you really loved writing a scene, delete it." Which sounds like a good way to become a bad writer to me. How often is someone who does that actually going to get published?
As for TvT Rivals' question, though, I'm drawing a blank at present.
I will suggest, though, that it's an absolute prescription, and "only the Sith deal in absolutes."
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.