This is what busywork does to me:
I so want to go deeper into philosophy, but we've only just started the Sophists and the Socratics so I don't quite feel comfortable writing about them. I might make a fool out of myself. It's highly likely. In class we've been discussing some eastern philosophy- Taoism, Vedism, Confucianism, etc. But I know so little about these that I really can't say much about them. They've got their problems, of course, but eastern philosophy is so...unlinear that it's difficult to evaluate or refute. So I'll leave those alone.
Anyroad, we've got dicussion groups on Friday, so perhaps I will develop a better understanding of the material then. Sorry for the lack of intellect today.
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If you are interested in writing (which from your blog it would appear you are *smile*) I might sugest that you read Peter Elbow's book "Writing Without Teachers." It a wonderfully encouraging book to spend some time with when you cannot make your words behave as you wish them to. Happy Blogging!
Thanks for the suggestion! I will have to look for that. Keep up the writing. I ought to post some of my papers for feedback...
Do you have any reccomendations (other than peer/ author review) for clear fictional writing? I need a book for that.
-T.N.O.
No- as I've never written any fiction myself, I wouldn't know. I'm not sure there's a book like that.
I still find it odd that there are so many books on reading, some on writing non-fiction, but so precious few on writing fiction.
-T.N.O.
Odd indeed. Perhaps it's because writing fiction is so unscientific- there's little method involved.
There is a science to everything, just as there is a similarity between all masterpieces of fiction. The difficulty is that no-one has made a science of the similarity. And I'm not going to be the one to start!
-T.N.O.
And why not?!?
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