RE: censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets; was, "Re: know your ... who?"

Subject: RE: censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets; was, "Re: know your ... who?"
From: "Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:01:39 -0800

LCP,

Why are the lines in your quoted messages only one word long?

Lauren

> -----Original Message-----
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> ] On Behalf Of LCP
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:45 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets; was, "Re:
> know your ... who?"
>
> I have recently rejoined Techwr-l after a hiatus of several
> years. Techwr-l used to be a helpful and cordial list for
> professional writers. It saddens me to see it degraded, even
> only in part, into a venue for "censorious persnickety
> flibbertigibbets".
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:21:48 PM
> Subject: RE: know your ... who?
>
>
> My
> rudimentary
> example
> of
> "knowing
> an
> audience"
> does
> not
> encompass
> *every*
> example
> of
> what
> a
> writer
> needs
> to
> know
> about
> an
> audience.
> There
> is
> not
> enough
> bandwidth
> to
> share
> *every*
> example
> and
> other
> examples
> are
> not
> "counter-examples"
> as
> you
> state.
>
> The
> "model"
> I
> described
> requires
> that
> the
> writer
> learn
> about
> the
> audience
> and
> your
> examples
> do
> not
> counter
> the
> model,
> but
> they
> further
> illustrate
> issues
> that
> require
> knowing
> one's
> audience.
>
> Lauren
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Gause_Brian -at- emc -dot- com" <Gause_Brian -at- emc -dot- com>
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:12:20 PM
> Subject: RE: know your ... who?
>
> ...Maybe
> your
> message
> was
> intended
> to
> be
> funny,
> but
> what
> it
> says
> about
> your
> work
> habits
> and
> creativity
> is
> a
> dispiriting
> notion,
> indeed.
>
> Brian
> Gause
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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