--- Ed Fenning <ed361@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > --- Camille Scaysbrook <c_scaysbrook@yahoo.com> > wrote: > ...Ideas are infinite in the head but merely > > finite on the paper'. The dilemma every author > > faces. > > Hi Camille, > > Though you are absolutely right about this > dilemma, the optimist > in me has found many writers who have been able to > overcome what can > indeed feel overwhelming. If I’ve read something > that has made me take > pause, because I’ve been moved by the what the > writer was trying > express, then, I think they have communicated > successfully, not only > their insights and ideas, but all the inclusive > subtleties and/or > implications that do make the work’s quality > infinite. > What immediately sprang to mind was a very > short story, from some > years back by an Australian writer, about a grown > daughter and her > father going to visit the mother in the hospital on > a rainy night. > For me, the subtleties of each person’s perceptions > of what went on > that evening, their emotions, remembrances, and > personal history; were > conveyed in an immediate and timeless manner by the > author. > > > This is just off the top of my head at work. I’ll > have the author’s > name, story, and anthology title, to post tomorrow. Here 'tis: Author: Paul Cowan Story: "Shadow" (1958 - The Unploughed Land - original work) Book: "A Window In Mrs. X's Place" ...short stories of Paul Cowan (Penguin Australia 1986 [has U.S. price, export copy]) > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com