tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post1117234199355747146..comments2023-03-23T04:24:49.048-04:00Comments on The Ear's Mind: Come again?Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-89037506982028167552008-09-26T03:27:00.000-04:002008-09-26T03:27:00.000-04:00I've just ordered the book Jess, and I can't wait ...I've just ordered the book Jess, and I can't wait to get it and try the exercises, I've so enjoyed reading your efforts.<BR/>I hope it doesn't take too long to arrive, I'm all enthused.Dragonsallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776798562258217431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-20841316696357380452008-09-24T20:55:00.000-04:002008-09-24T20:55:00.000-04:00"You don't screw the rules simply to be contrary, ...<I>"You don't screw the rules simply to be contrary, and flip all the editors and Grammar Nazis the bird. You screw the rules, rather, because you know what you're doing with them."</I><BR/><BR/>I agree with this. Know the rules, and you know their strengths and weaknesses. I tend to think that there are rules that <I>can</I> be bent, rules that <I>should</I> be bent, and rules that should be Jennifer Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628371104827804570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-74507036317207207432008-08-08T07:15:00.000-04:002008-08-08T07:15:00.000-04:00I'm not familiar with Baricco's work-- I may have ...I'm not familiar with Baricco's work-- I may have to check him out. His listings on Amazon look really interesting.<BR/><BR/>The way I figure it is the way my teachers (the good ones) figured it: there are rules, and you should know them, but there's also knowing that you know what you're doing. The point is to first get comfortable with how the rules are supposed to work, and then begin to Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251196964275450121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039827405459731562.post-84114130484998821752008-08-08T01:10:00.000-04:002008-08-08T01:10:00.000-04:00Alessandro Baricco's stories have great examples o...Alessandro Baricco's stories have great examples of repetitions, be it words or syntax - it can lend a rather dream like quality to a story if used well. Of course a lot of editors might just stick their hands in the hair and shriek about the abomination of it all, the book saying that you are not supposed to repeat words. But what if we like being naughty and say "screw the rules"?spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.com