<grin>
Although I didn't say so, I was referring specifically to written
correspondence and dialogue.
Literature is more an art form than a communications medium, no?
If your goal is to produce art, then by all means, don't worry about offending
your mom.
But if your goal is expository -- to be understood and to be influential --
your "inner mom" may be quite helpful.
Actually, *any* inner voice besides your own may help. The Pope? A rabbi?
Ghandi? Mother Theresa? Your high-school English teacher? Perhaps the ability
to adopt some other persona while editing is one of the elements of effective
communication.
> From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Good grief! That would dispose of a great deal of decent literature.
> Why do you have to be such a smart alec, Sam? Mrs Clemens.
> "That's a rather black poem, Oscar. Why don't you just write some more of
> those funny plays?" Mrs Wilde.
> "You really should give up the drink, Edgar." Mrs Poe.
> "It's very hard to read dear and I just don't like all the smutty bits." Mrs
> Joyce.
> "It's just horrible dear, how could you?" Mrs Wollstonecraft
> Why don't you ever write any happy poems, dear." Mrs Fildes
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 15/12/2010, at 5:10 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
>> Then there's the "Mother's Reading" rule.
>>
>> Whenever you write something, re-read it, pretending to be your mom. Will
>> she approve of what you've just written? Then edit. :-)
>>
>> I'm not always successful at it, but it works wonders when I do apply it.
>
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