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. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 15 1999 - 11:36:49 PST
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