Re: [Paddlewise] Book suggestions, please

From: <Sandykayak_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 05:56:58 EST
In a message dated 11/13/1999 9:07:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
JSpinner_at_aol.com writes:

<< In a message dated 11/12/99 11:31:43 PM, dlloyd_at_bc.sympatico.ca writes:
 
 << So, should I offer my friend some opinions, or just let him be?
 Just thinking out loud, I guess. >>
 
<< bottom line: If he is your friend he will listen attentively, thank you, 
and 
 then write the way he know how to write. >>

As a second bottom line:  you may lose a friend if you offer YOUR VERY OWN 
PERSONAL ADVICE.  People tend to be sensitive about things like that.  
Writing about personal experiences has to come from the heart.  If he didn't 
write it HIS way, it wouldn't be HIM.  

Sandy Kramer
the "professional" writer for a police department in Miami who knows she 
can't have an "ego" about her work (fortunately they like my writing and 
rarely change much).  

I learned this from my predecessor who said:  I write about the house and she 
(the boss/editor) rearranges the furniture.

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