If only my english professor would have taken this advice then I wouldn't have had to sit through 23 dreary readings about the turning points in people's lives
Ha! At least out in the real world when you hit a dull bit you can skip it! Poul Anderson said: "I think the first duty of all art, including fiction of any kind, is to entertain. That is to say, to hold interest. No matter how worthy the message of something, if it's dull, you're just not communicating"
If only my english professor would have taken this advice then I wouldn't have had to sit through 23 dreary readings about the turning points in people's lives
ReplyDeleteHa! At least out in the real world when you hit a dull bit you can skip it! Poul Anderson said: "I think the first duty of all art, including fiction of any kind, is to entertain. That is to say, to hold interest. No matter how worthy the message of something, if it's dull, you're just not communicating"
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