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By: billbennettnz

billbennettnz — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:14:21 +0000

Leonardo

I’m not suggesting poets or fiction writers are unskilled – some are, some aren’t. However, their goals and motivations are different.

For most people writing is a means to an end. For poets and fiction writers, writing is the end.

By: Leonardo Boiko

Leonardo Boiko — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:36:31 +0000

I love the implications: fiction and poetry authors are fancy and flowery (false), therefore they’re unskilled (also false). All it says is, you don’t know much poetry at all.