Subject: Re: Acronyms
From: citycabn (citycabn@gateway.net)
Date: Thu Oct 12 2000 - 18:27:52 GMT
Scottie wrote:
> Although I think I'd better re-read Raise High the Roof Beam
> & Seymour, An Introduction before embarking on a proper
> consideration of their differences.
Sounds reasonable.
> Damn it, if he can push himself
> to those limits, will it cost me so much to type out the title the way
> he first conceived it? What's the fucking hurry? Are your thoughts
> so cascadingly rich they can only be captured by press-button
shortcuts.
> Anyway, that's the only way to do it - laying the words in, one by one,
> formally, carefully, lovingly. You'll never be happy any other way,
> buddy.
Good point regarding acronyms and titles. And the last paragraph reads like
wonderful advice to any writer facing his blank page.
Thanks,
Bruce
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