Re: a thread about something else

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On Mar 30, 9:34?am, Alan Hope <not.alan.h...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
boots goes:
Alan Hope <not.alan.h...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
boots goes:

How can something be great writing if it isn't great reading?
When does writing become great: when it's read, or when it's written?

If the author is arrogant enough to stamp it great, he can burn it
without anyone else even knowing it was written and it will be,
according to the author, great; if not, perhaps the reader decides
whether it is great or even acceptable.

You're missing the point. How does a reader confer greatness on
something he leaves unchanged?

you had a much better point than that.

how does a writer create greatness oout of something he leaves
unwritten?

Well no, that's not my point at all.


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Alan Hope
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