Thursday, September 29, 2016

He was convinced

FOUND ONLINE: Last spring, he was convinced to take it easy by Houston team doctors.
I've read a lot of this guy's writing, and I've mentioned him here before. I like a more positive way of writing.
So: Last spring, Houston team doctors convinced him to take it easy.
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Dampening a friend's interest in writing

I was just out of college in 1979, and a close friend of mine showed me a short story he'd written.

It wasn't badly written I was actually impressed with it but it had about a half-dozen mistakes, and I pointed those out. My friend showed it to our high-school English teacher, and she agreed with my edits.

Then something happened I didn't want to see. My friend was so stunned at the edits that he didn't try to write short stories anymore. I don't know that he's ever written another.

Over the years, I've learned how to make edits without hurting a writer's feelings. I know I'M pretty sensitive, and others are, too. And I remember my friend's reaction to my editing.

I don't want to dampen a person's interest in writing as I did by accident 37 years ago.

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Entries from The Dog Blog

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal
(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie