Subject: re: sean's how to rite, and tim's passive poetry
From: Jive Monkey (monkey_jive@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 08 2001 - 20:54:41 GMT
god, it's true, i'm weak-willed and unrefined (and lonely to boot- my
dim-witted gibes drove off all my friends). a dozen times!!! i should hope
to even catch a glimpse of his genius in so few readings, with the limited
analytical faculties cruel fate has accorded me. i fear i shall be
condemned to a life of heckling sensitive co-workers on the shapes of their
noses while all of my senseless reports are ever being sent back to me on
account of the multitude of grammatical errors therein. i'm sorry that i
have sullied these pages with my presence. my only hope, in an increasingly
hopeless world, is that you can all find it in your hearts to forgive me my
trespasses.
andy
ps tim- "unsubscribing?" is not a proper sentence. i would suggest "Do
you wish to unsubscribe?" or, "If you wish to unsubscribe, mail
majordomo..."
From: Sean Draine <seandr@microsoft.com>
Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
To: "'bananafish@roughdraft.org'" <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
Subject: RE: how to rite
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 08:29:37 -0800
Andy, a *real* writer doesn't need advice from pikers like E. B. White. I
suggest rereading Scottie's post a dozen or so times so that you can fully
appreciate its genius. Note in particular how the author, a little known
contributor to some obscure mailing lists, promotes his talents by ever so
subtly positioning himself above a famous, accomplished essayist.
One thing should be quite clear from Scottie's post, Andy. If you think
there's anything to be learned from Strunk and White, you obviously lack the
talent and, more importantly, the arrogance to be a successful writer.
-Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: Scottie Bowman [mailto:rbowman@indigo.ie]
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 11:45 PM
To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
Subject: how to rite
Well, dang ME. I never guessed my little tease about
Writing By Numbers could be only a pale reflection
of your actual Shrink & Wilt.
Reading it, I was immediately carried back to those hilarious
days when we native doctors sat around reading the seventy
eight constipated paragraphs of advice from the medical branch
of the United States Air Force on how they wished psychiatric
reports written on such as their pilots as had the bad luck
to fall into our hands.
I take it all back, Andy. Place your order now. Stench & Wart,
Skunk & Shite, they're the boys for you. One day - you never know -
they may even help you write like me (as I? as me? like I? ... help.)
Scottie B.
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