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In message #4504457 Bonita Kale quotes Tom Maddox:

"In a previous article, tmaddox@netcom.com (Tom Maddox) says:
>
>       Yeah, well, that may or may not be true, but I'm still more inclined to
>listen to advice about writing from someone whose writing I have read and
>admire than from someone whose writing about writing is the only thing I have
>to go on.

"This sounds reasonable, but in practice, I have not found that the advice
of those whose fiction writing I enjoy is always, or even usually, more
helpful than that of those whose fiction I haven't read or don't enjoy."

Some excellent writers seem to have an implicit understanding of what
makes good writing, but are unable to isolate what it is they know, nor
to make it clear to others.  This sort of knowledge seems magical to me.
I myself must understand a technique or concept well enough to teach it,
before I can actually use it well.  I find the difference fascinating.



Alan