tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post37661220107300710..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Writerly Advice from Hemingway, Vonnegut, Poe & friendsEvan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-46755827036648148912010-08-11T08:50:54.819-07:002010-08-11T08:50:54.819-07:00Everyone has their favorite punctuation mark. In m...Everyone has their favorite punctuation mark. In my writing group, one guy loves the hyphen and would use one everywhere. I love the period. Period.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-45152140430801026232010-08-10T17:43:02.768-07:002010-08-10T17:43:02.768-07:00Personally, I don't like using any kinds of co...Personally, I don't like using any kinds of colons in fiction (not even human ones), so I just shoveled a passel of them into an envelope and mailed 'em to Cap'n Bob. I'm sure he'll make good use of them.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-63862403139655865642010-08-10T15:11:10.471-07:002010-08-10T15:11:10.471-07:00Semi-colons, semi-trucks, we need 'em both. I ...Semi-colons, semi-trucks, we need 'em both. I don't think one or two semi-colons in a book is too many, but I never paid that much attention to them anyway.Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-74766332281858322672010-08-10T09:08:01.703-07:002010-08-10T09:08:01.703-07:00Hey, I like my semi-colons, Kurt. Why? Because I&#...Hey, I like my semi-colons, Kurt. Why? Because I'm notoriously lazy and the semi-colon allows me to skip conjunctions. Not always, of course, but once in a while. And now that I have typed the word "conjunction" I have the song "conjunction junction, what's your function" going through my head. Thanks, Kurt. You've ruined yet another life.Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-62762063435488159852010-08-10T08:01:54.516-07:002010-08-10T08:01:54.516-07:00That's right. I never used a semi colon until ...That's right. I never used a semi colon until I went to uni!<br /><br />My favourite is a quote from playwright Dennis Potter. Not exactly correct word for word but this is near enough:<br />Stories, we love them, we tell them to each other all the time. The world is full of the sound of people trying to reshape reality.Winifredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415302188575538163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-25505522136631518802010-08-10T01:50:28.766-07:002010-08-10T01:50:28.766-07:00This remember me one thing said about Oscar Wilde....This remember me one thing said about Oscar Wilde. I don't know if is real, but with the humour (and character of Mr. Wilde, , well, i think could be.<br /><br />The said a editor asked Wilde to shorten his latest work. And the response of the writer was what he was nobody to mutilate a classic.Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.com