Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Writing Basics: Discipline (ii)

What have we learned?

It is not enough merely to be ambitious, well rested, and ably assisted.

The writer must have discipline.

In a previous post, we considered the efficacy of the pressure-mounted metal gate. In cases where such an arrangement may prove less than fully effective, discipline must be instilled by alternate means.

5 comments:

tate hallaway said...

Hmmmm, yeah. THIS would work for me.

Bill Henry said...

There. Ask yourself: What is the key to Tate's breakaway international success?

Bill Henry said...

And credit where due: Thanks to Mlle Svetlana for making this special Valentine's Day edition of "Writing Basics" possible.

So little would be accomplished without the encouragement of Mademoiselle.

Stephanie Zvan said...

And here I'd always thought it was safe to quickly check the blog while I was eating my apple at lunch at work. Silly me. Not only not safe to have pop up on my monitor (which faces a busy hallway), but not safe for having a mouthful of anything.

Thanks, Bill.

Bill Henry said...

Well, happy V-day, Steph! As for the apple, you can wipe it off the monitor pretty easily -- the real trick is getting the pieces out of the keyboard. ; )