Only following this discussion peripherally, but, being a grammar anarchist
I was very taken with this reply to deborah, Ryfkah - you made me laugh,
something for which I am always grateful.

Cheers,

Frank



> Shalom my poetsister, Deborah
>
> I agree; writing is a process. Just do it!  Take each word like a breath
and
> write it for sustenance, for survival.
>
> Sandra Cisneros, the great Latina poet/writer, yesterday at the LA Times
Book
> Festival said to write as if in your pajamas and as if what you are
writing
> can't be read until after your death.  So this would not include anal
> analysis of grammar and punctuation.
>
> I am sorry if you thought any criticism was in mind; I was only speaking
for
> myself and my Catholic Grammar School background with nuns beating it
> literally into our consciousness.   :-)
>
> I am the grammar fascist not out of choice but out of severe behavior
> modification.
>
> kol tuv, grace and love, Ryfkah  *
>
>