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This is the Conversation Forum for Alternative Writing Workshop << A44747436 - The French Tart A21702232 - Pulses >> Subject: A44646023 - Xmas Glurge, Please Forward Posted Dec 9, 2008 by Dmitri Gheorgheni   Posting 1 Entry: Xmas Glurge, Please Forward - A44646023 Author: dmitrigheorgheni - U1590784 Hi, folks. Yesterday somebody asked me for, so help me, a statement of intent for a story I wrote. I'm usually pretty insouciant about intent. This essay doesn't need one, I don't think. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A44646023 - Xmas Glurge, Please Forward Posted Dec 9, 2008 by minorvogonpoet This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Yes, you've hit the nail on the head about Xmas glurge. I have a hatred of the tinned muzak they broadcast in shops and the adverts that try to convince you that the best way to someone's heart is by buying them the dearest brandy, perfume, jewellery... Stylistically speaking, your syntax goes to pieces here and there in this essay. I get the impression that you dashed it off in a hurry. Incidentally, I didn't know that stories needed a statement of intent. I thought they were, well, just stories. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A44646023 - Xmas Glurge, Please Forward Posted Dec 9, 2008 by Dmitri Gheorgheni This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 I know what you mean about the muzak. The Litte Drummer Boy gets on my nerves. Problem with the syntax is probably a combination of being up too early and *not* having dashed it off. (Overthinking is my enemy.) I will be glad to rework it, but would appreciate an example. Apparently there is such a thing as a statement of intent. There are these academics, you see... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A44646023 - Xmas Glurge, Please Forward Posted Dec 9, 2008 by minorvogonpoet This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 The sentence beginning 'After wondering whether the 'poet' in question' gets a bit tangled. Perhaps you could lose the parenthesis. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A44646023 - Xmas Glurge, Please Forward Posted Dec 10, 2008 by Dmitri Gheorgheni This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Lose my parentheses? Never! I have, however, removed the interpolations to the footnote venue, for those who say bah, humbug, to my Dickensian excurses. The scroll-reluctant may ignore them at their leisure. It must be winter verbosity setting in. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A44646023 - Xmas Glurge, Please Forward Posted Dec 11, 2008 by Tibley Bobley This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 I can identify with your annoyance and enjoyed the read. Guide Entry List Guide Entry List

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