Doug Lloyd wrote; >As readers, do we paddlers want good balanced >reading, or should a person tell their story in the exact way they want to, >and forget about any consensus? It is my opinion to just write from the heart and experiences, ya ain't gonna please everyone. I make no claims of being a writer, nor a edumacated individual. Completed the ninth grade in high school and just received my G.E.D. this year (I'm neither ashamed nor proud of this fact). Really don't care about any consensus. So I would say tell the story in the exact way they want to, we're not all good writers. If only the good writers wrote we would be deprived of a lot of stuff. Of course I would rather read stuff from a good writer. What's good to one may not be good to the other, hey guess dats why we are called individuals :-) Doug wrote this also; >I've read articles by some of the Paddlewisers, here and there, in a number >of publications. Arthur Ehbert did a great job in an SK article about is >crossing of the Gulf of Mexico. Some of my friends felt the article was >overly macho. I didn't think so, and if it was, he probably should be >allowed to tell the story from his perspective, because what he wrote was >what he was feeling - not what someone else was. >So, should I offer my friend some opinions, or just let him be? >Just thinking out loud, I guess. Doug thanks for your positive comment on the SK article. Just a minor correction, the spelling of my last name is Hebert, pronounced A-bear :-) Overly macho,hmmm, dey ain't gotta clue bout me. Got me going to ask some of my friends if I came across as a macho individual in the SK article to them. I stated in the SK article I cried as I left Isla Mujeres. Macho men don't cry or do they, I wouldn't know. I'm slowly (very slowly) working on a book on the Gulf Expedition. I hope the results don't put me in the macho category. I have a story to tell and it will be told from my heart, mind and experenices. When I get finish with the book I might even know a little something about writing. Doug, next time you talk to your friend please tell him I don't even have a firm hand shake, I might even hug him. Sorry, that isn't the way a macho man should act :-) Arthur Hebert (A-bear) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Arthur Hebert wrote: > > Doug Lloyd wrote; > > >As readers, do we paddlers want good balanced > > >reading, or should a person tell their story in the exact way they want to, > > >and forget about any consensus? > > It is my opinion to just write from the heart and experiences, ya ain't gonna > please everyone. > > I make no claims of being a writer, nor a edumacated individual. Completed > the ninth grade in high school and just received my G.E.D. this year (I'm > neither ashamed nor proud of this fact). > > Really don't care about any consensus. So I would say tell the story in the > exact way they want to, we're not all good writers. If only the good writers > wrote we would be deprived of a lot of stuff. Of course I would rather read > stuff from a good writer. What's good to one may not be good to the other, > hey guess dats why we are called individuals :-) > Arthur Hebert (A-bear) I have to agree strongly with Arthur on this. While a good smooth writer is easy to read sometimes, they also can be just that and no more. Smooth with lots of style, and little else. Some authors are so slick that I slide right to sleep. I think if someone has something to say, then they should just put it down from the heart. The story will come through generally in the wash. James, who tends to bag smooth and fake together(wrongly at times) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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