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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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first, you are the self-appointed arbiter of "bad"
and looking at your taste, well, you should sack yourself immediately.
secondly, what is the point of writing? if it is to be read, and to entertain, and to make money, which it is for nearly everyone who writes, then they win.
next?
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:01, 1 reply, 10 years ago)
and looking at your taste, well, you should sack yourself immediately.
secondly, what is the point of writing? if it is to be read, and to entertain, and to make money, which it is for nearly everyone who writes, then they win.
next?
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:01, 1 reply, 10 years ago)
getting paid to do it is nice, granted
But there is no correlation between the quality of the writing and its financial success.
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:05, Reply)
But there is no correlation between the quality of the writing and its financial success.
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:05, Reply)
well, you could start with what is studied in academic institutions as a broad rule of thumb
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:08, Reply)
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:08, Reply)
i don't consider where you got your degree to be "academic"
so that stuffs you for starters
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:30, Reply)
so that stuffs you for starters
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:30, Reply)
I did however like the irony of the book credited with getting kids reading again
putting a lot of small independent bookshops out of business with supermarkets selling them as a loss leader
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:15, Reply)
putting a lot of small independent bookshops out of business with supermarkets selling them as a loss leader
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:15, Reply)
yeah, let's ban all writing that is for such a sordid purpose as to entertain, people should never ever enjoy it
let's have only overblown pretentious wank and then we can all be like the emperor's new clothes and pretend to love it on a messageboard.
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:05, Reply)
let's have only overblown pretentious wank and then we can all be like the emperor's new clothes and pretend to love it on a messageboard.
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:05, Reply)
people write because they want to be read
most people today would rather read stephen king than george eliot
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:22, Reply)
most people today would rather read stephen king than george eliot
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:22, Reply)
Alright 'Gary Cranley' nice to see pomposity levels are at an all time high!!!
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:05, Reply)
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:05, Reply)
haha! the most preening pretentious pillock on here, yet he always accuses certain other posters of pretension!
And he forgot to log out before posting about his favourite meal!
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:10, Reply)
And he forgot to log out before posting about his favourite meal!
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:10, Reply)
Pulp fiction is like pulp telly
it can be enjoyable without being of "artistic merit"
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:14, Reply)
it can be enjoyable without being of "artistic merit"
( , Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:14, Reply)
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