I must admit I put more work into this than I expected to. I got quite caught up in the fun of packing it with allusion and counterpoise; I could probably write twice as many words describing all the things I tried to do in this piece. It's ironic that until I stumbled upon the idea of panning my own previous letter to Scibbler, I had decided that I would not enter anything for this Challenge.
I did worry that I was trying to be too clever, but I naturally succumbed to the self-indulgence (as I always do). I guess once in a while it works out - you know, "stopped clock" and all that.
Several sentences gave me a lot of trouble, and that's where much of the time went - going over and over the grammar, vocabulary and continuity - reading and re-reading individual sentences and the whole piece, tweaking and experimenting and wracking my brain for better expressions. If the topic hadn't been so much fun for me, this might have devolved into real work.
My lesson from this week is to simply pay attention - to care enough about your work, great or small, to put out your best. Those of us with no talent can still do pretty well by taking time, taking care, and paying attention.
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I must admit I put more work into this than I expected to. I got quite caught up in the fun of packing it with allusion and counterpoise; I could probably write twice as many words describing all the things I tried to do in this piece. It's ironic that until I stumbled upon the idea of panning my own previous letter to Scibbler, I had decided that I would not enter anything for this Challenge.
I did worry that I was trying to be too clever, but I naturally succumbed to the self-indulgence (as I always do). I guess once in a while it works out - you know, "stopped clock" and all that.
Several sentences gave me a lot of trouble, and that's where much of the time went - going over and over the grammar, vocabulary and continuity - reading and re-reading individual sentences and the whole piece, tweaking and experimenting and wracking my brain for better expressions. If the topic hadn't been so much fun for me, this might have devolved into real work.
My lesson from this week is to simply pay attention - to care enough about your work, great or small, to put out your best. Those of us with no talent can still do pretty well by taking time, taking care, and paying attention.
M says: You do have talent, Miko. Taking time, taking care, and paying attention simply result in a better reception for your efforts.
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