Daily advice
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There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
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The story is not in the plot but in the telling. It is the telling that moves.
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Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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Mmm. I think you'd need a good plot too Neville, because if the plot is crap it's hard to "tell" it well.
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"good" versus " crap" was not mentioned. It's about expression. 

Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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That's it keats. By George he's got it ! 

Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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Concentration and total commitment to language are by far and away the most important qualities needed for poetry writing.
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Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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Are you sure that was not Mr Short-en Keats ???
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The purpose in life is to have fun.
After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
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Never stand behind a horse or a politician !
Bob
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The purpose in life is to have fun.
After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
After you grasp that everything else seems insignificant !!!
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The Sri Lankan batsmen found him harder to read than Finnegan's Wake.
Peter Roebuck in 2006 being a poetic cricket writer in SMH.
Peter Roebuck in 2006 being a poetic cricket writer in SMH.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.