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Re: arrogance

Subject: Re: arrogance
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 12:03:12 -0400


On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 05:56:17PM +0200, Johan Hiemstra wrote:


Do you ever write something down and immediately think it is good, great
even? So good that it doesn't even matter if anyone else will ever read
it? Just having it written, the choice of words, as if it were meant to
be written by you? As if nobody could have done it better even though
you do realize there is always a better writer somewhere?



Just as an aside (not commenting on anything that has been said in this thread, because enough people accuse me of being arrogant that I question my judgment on the subject), but pertaining to the notion of thinking that you have just crafted a perfect piece of prose, cf. the "murder your darlings" threads:

http://www.google.com/groups?as_epq=murder%20your%20darlings&as_ugroup=bit.listserv.techwr-l


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References:
arrogance: From: Johan Hiemstra
Re: arrogance: From: Laura Lemay

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