Thanks, Andrew. It's been leading me strange lately.
Bill
> On 29 Oct 2013, at 4:04 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 'Allow the writing to lead.' Wise advice.
>
>
>> On 16 October 2013 08:25, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Fun comes afterwards, Pat, especially where I see poetryetc - or is it
>> you? - has entered question marks for my apostrophes and dashes!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>>> On 16 Oct 2013, at 7:51 am, Patrick McManus <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Bill what no fun????? Shame Sounds like a masochist -P in sympathy -I
>> like the challenge messing about playing -you can write in a deckchair in
>> the sun with a nice cuppa even a bickie
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Bill Wootton
>>> Sent: 15 October 2013 21:22
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Getting ready to write
>>>
>>> Getting ready to write
>>>
>>> First clean the teeth.
>>> Don�t want an unclean mouth clogging the creative juices.
>>> Next warm the hands by the fire;
>>> those fingers will be cooling down soon no matter how fast you type.
>>> Now survey the seat, adjust the height.
>>> Brace.
>>> Place hands above keyboard;
>>> now let the right index finger descend where it will.
>>> Others will follow - you are away.
>>>
>>> But what�s this? Why
>>> are you stopping already?
>>> That jiggling is unproductive,
>>> that nose does not need picking,
>>> the back of the seat is as comfortable
>>> as it has ever been;
>>> didn�t bother you one bit
>>> when you were answering emails
>>> or downloading music a minute ago.
>>>
>>> Get back on board. Pause not.
>>> The thing is to get ahead of yourself.
>>> Allow the writing to lead. You will follow
>>> in its wake, amazed at what emerges.
>>> It�s not fun. No one likes writing,
>>> as Dorothy Parker observed. What�s to like is �having written�.
>>> The blend most of us seek is an admixture
>>> of the personal and the prompted.
>>> Don�t stop now � you may be on to something �
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> 'Undercover of Lightness'
> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
>
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