Comments for The Write Dude http://thewritedude.com Read About It, Write About It, Learn About It Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on My NaNoWriMo Plan for 2011 by admin http://thewritedude.com/my-nanowrimo-plan-for-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-2086 admin Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:00:50 +0000 http://thewritedude.com/?p=212#comment-2086 Nice analysis. Thanks. Nice analysis. Thanks.

]]> Comment on My NaNoWriMo Plan for 2011 by DavidA http://thewritedude.com/my-nanowrimo-plan-for-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 DavidA Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:22:37 +0000 http://thewritedude.com/?p=212#comment-2085 "Write drunk, edit sober" sounds good, but the problem is that it's not by Hemingway. The quote is all over the internet being attributed to EH, but no one ever gives a source in Hemingway's works or conversations. This is because the quote is almost certainly by a novelist called Peter De Vries. He published a novel called "Reuben, Reuben" in 1964, where the main character is based on a famous drunkard poet, Dylan Thomas. On page 242 the character says this: "Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline." http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=bks&tbo=1&q=%22sometimes+i+write+drunk+and+revise+sober%22&btnG= The book is out of print I think, and I only found the quote because it was quoted at that link in The Writer in 1966. Oddly enough, some people online attribute the quote to Dylan Thomas, again without giving a source in Thomas. They don't realise that they are quoting the words a novelist put in the mouth of a character based on Thomas. Occasionally the quote is attributed to Mark Twain, again without a source. I have no idea why people attribute it to Hemingway, since there is no source for it. Hemingway is a famous name, so the quote spreads like wildfire because of that I suppose. However, there is no source in Hemingway's works or conversations, so it's not his quote unfortunately. “Write drunk, edit sober” sounds good, but the problem is that it’s not by Hemingway. The quote is all over the internet being attributed to EH, but no one ever gives a source in Hemingway’s works or conversations. This is because the quote is almost certainly by a novelist called Peter De Vries. He published a novel called “Reuben, Reuben” in 1964, where the main character is based on a famous drunkard poet, Dylan Thomas. On page 242 the character says this:

“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.”

http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=bks&tbo=1&q=%22sometimes+i+write+drunk+and+revise+sober%22&btnG=

The book is out of print I think, and I only found the quote because it was quoted at that link in The Writer in 1966. Oddly enough, some people online attribute the quote to Dylan Thomas, again without giving a source in Thomas. They don’t realise that they are quoting the words a novelist put in the mouth of a character based on Thomas. Occasionally the quote is attributed to Mark Twain, again without a source. I have no idea why people attribute it to Hemingway, since there is no source for it. Hemingway is a famous name, so the quote spreads like wildfire because of that I suppose. However, there is no source in Hemingway’s works or conversations, so it’s not his quote unfortunately.

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]]> Comment on How to Fix the Slider on the BloggerTube Video Blog Template by admin http://thewritedude.com/how-to-fix-the-slider-on-the-bloggertube-video-blog-template/comment-page-1/#comment-10 admin Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:22:18 +0000 http://thewritedude.com/?p=45#comment-10 Thanks Francis. Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks Francis. Let me know if you need anything else.

]]> Comment on How to Fix the Slider on the BloggerTube Video Blog Template by Francis Coral - Mellon http://thewritedude.com/how-to-fix-the-slider-on-the-bloggertube-video-blog-template/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Francis Coral - Mellon Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:22:37 +0000 http://thewritedude.com/?p=45#comment-9 I had a large problem with my slider and site and needed personal attention and "The Write Dude" worked very hard to try and find a solution for me in a very timely manner understanding my dilemma. I needed the site running for business reasons and he really stepped up to the plate so a big Thank You to him. I had a large problem with my slider and site and needed personal attention and “The Write Dude” worked very hard to try and find a solution for me in a very timely manner understanding my dilemma. I needed the site running for business reasons and he really stepped up to the plate so a big Thank You to him.

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