tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post314441875493360441..comments2024-03-27T03:35:51.702-04:00Comments on Lisa Romeo Writes (the blog): Guest Blogger Lucy Ferriss on Why She Had to Learn to Write BadlyLisa Romeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01522310766694189857noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-81252397443297636742015-04-12T18:09:25.546-04:002015-04-12T18:09:25.546-04:00@Robinsonbaily - you're the winner of the boo...@Robinsonbaily - you're the winner of the book from Lucy. Please email me your postal address so she can sign and put it in the mail to you!<br />Thanks for reading.Lisa Romeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522310766694189857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-26586530522977622082015-03-26T12:00:18.867-04:002015-03-26T12:00:18.867-04:00That's the trick, isn't it, Carol? Some wo...That's the trick, isn't it, Carol? Some work that seems to be written badly is just, well, bad. Other work sucks you in, sometimes in spite of the clumsiness and sometimes precisely because of it. What a strange art we practice!LFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478913089618762116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-42007465022741956782015-03-25T15:44:04.430-04:002015-03-25T15:44:04.430-04:00Fascinating. I recently read some essays that were...Fascinating. I recently read some essays that were...written badly. I stumbled, I wanted to edit them,it made me a little crazy. But after reading this. I'm going to go back and re-read. I guess "writing badly" in service of the piece as opposed to "bad writing" is one of those "I know it when I see it" things. Off to try to see it. Or not. Thanks for giving me a thought to chew on this afternoon.Middle-aged Diva (Carol)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01568652518759320329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371028182709754366.post-10306251779622442892015-03-25T10:03:22.912-04:002015-03-25T10:03:22.912-04:00Wonderful, helpful piece. I especially loved this ...Wonderful, helpful piece. I especially loved this paragraph: "Elizabeth Bowen has a bit of advice for writing dialogue: Effect of choking (as in engine), more to be said than can come through. Though the reference has long been obscure—when was the last time any of us choked a car engine, forcing the gas through a tiny hole to give it more explosive propulsion?—I like to apply the advice to what my long-ago editor called bad writing. What can’t come through does come through, in the end, and all our velocity depends on it." That's a powerful image that will stay with me as I write. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com