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11 hours ago, kayb said:
Lines like that are why some people write for the NYT and people like me work for 20 years in small-town dailies. Damn, I do admire someone who wields words like that!
I think you are much better than that writing... from what I've read from you. I think that the piece is somewhat "over-written". Whenever writing style is so (painfully) obvious I think it is likely overdone. You don't know John Updyke is great instantly...it grows on you.
11 hours ago, kayb said:
Lines like that are why some people write for the NYT and people like me work for 20 years in small-town dailies. Damn, I do admire someone who wields words like that!
I think you are much better than that writing... from what I've read from you. I think that the piece is somewhat "over-written". Whenever writing style is so (painfully) obvious I think it is likely overdone. You don't know John Updyke was great instantly...it grows on you.
