George Bernard Shaw | George Bernard Shaw
Jan.21.2013
Underneath all good writing is a strong structure. You may not see it, but it’s there.
The word “structure”—to new writers especially—can sound like a quick way to make something dull. It’s the teacher at school who makes you diagram sentences and create outlines. It’s Dad coming into his 14-year-...
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Jun.13.2010
I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said youth was wasted on the young. When I heard it as a teenager I decided he didn't know what he was talking about and just envied those whose candles were not guttering out. I've lived a bit since then and now I know what he meant.
It seems strange that we...
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Aug.27.2009
Recently, I posted a quote by George Bernard Shaw on my status update on Facebook and got quite a response. Here is that quote that I found from Jon Winokur's "Writers on Writing" (Running Press): "If you do not write for publication, there is little point in writing at all....
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