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Everyone Should Be Happy
a: Good writing ~
b: sex
What: "Good writing is like sex. Two people are involved - the writer and the reader. Bad sex usually satisfies only one person, most preferably, the writer - the person who leads. Good sex not only satisfies both people, it pleasures them." And the rest of the discussion is in the link....add your's to them metamia.com database for further creativity..
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Writer: Tushar Jain
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Date: Mar 15 2013 3:37 PM
# 2665 Critique Analogy
Stunted And Trimmed To Perfection
a: Good writing ~
b: growing a bonsai
What: "Good writing is like growing a bonsai. Persistence. Dedication. Trimming down to perfection. The resemblance is not in the size, however,"
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Writer: Surat Lozowick
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Date: Mar 15 2013 3:40 PM
# 2666 Critique Analogy
Trim And Wait Somemore....
a: Good writing ~
b: a garden
What: "Ordinary Good Writing is like a garden that is producing exactly what you want, by virtue of lots of weeding and cultivating. What you get is what what you plant, like a row of beans"
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Writer: JAMIE IREDELL
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Date: Mar 15 2013 3:42 PM
# 2667 Critique Analogy
But First It Need To Be Cut Correctly
a: Good writing ~
b: sanding wood
What: "GOOD writing should peel away those old layers. The layers of dirt and weathering. The layers that are scratched and imperfect. Good writing slowly grinds all of those defects away and you're left raw and vulnerable. Naked and as unmarked as the day you were born. Seriously. That's what sanding does to wood, and that is what we as writers should be doing (and readers get to reap the benefits)."
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Writer: L. E. Harvey
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Mar 15 2013 3:44 PM
# 2668 Critique Analogy
Sharpness Is Needed
a: Good writing ~
b: Occam's razor
What: "Good writing is like Occam's razor, the fewest possible words achieving the greatest possible meaning. This is done two ways: first, by removing everything unnecessary and, second, by achieving precision through combining what is happening with the way it is happening."
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Writer: Caro Clarke
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Date: Mar 15 2013 3:48 PM
# 2669 Critique Analogy
The Line Is A Line Is A Line Is A Line
a: Good writing ~
b: straight line
What: Good
writing
is
like
a
straight
line.
It
is the
shortest
distance
between
two
points
-
the
writer
and
the
reader.
Notice,
however,
that
we
do
not
say
just
"the shortest
line."
We
say,
rather,
"the
shortest
line
between
two
points."
As
in
geometry,
the
distance
between
two
sets
of
points
may
vary
greatly;
the
important thing
is
not
that
the
line
be
short,
but
that
it
be
straight.
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Writer: John W. Hillman
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Date: Mar 15 2013 3:52 PM
# 2670 Critique Analogy
Fear And Loathing In Graduate School
a: Good writing ~
b: learning to ride a bike
What: "Good writing is like learning to ride a bike; once you struggle through the crashes and learn how to do it, you never forget it. And it is a skill that will serve graduate students well throughout their careers."
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Writer: Barbara ?
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Date: Mar 15 2013 3:55 PM
# 2671 Critique Analogy
Uncovering The Ancient Gems....
a: Good writing ~
b: archaeology
What: "Good writing is like archaeology rising from the dirt." So the title states, but the article also states, that good writing is a reflection of good thinking. What a person writes is only as good as how they think, methinks.
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Writer: Wan A Hulaimi
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Mar 15 2013 3:58 PM
# 2672 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.