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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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Re: your take on writers and such [Re: Senor_Doobie]
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That child molester looks suspiciously like Conan O'Brian...

As for the thread subject, I guess it's obvious that a writer is anyone who writes, and an author is anyone who is published. What I think distinguishes good writers from the horde of bad writers, is the story they tell, the way they tell it, and why they tell it. You can be a great story teller, without a compelling story to share; you can conceive the most epic tale ever known, and fail to translate it effectively into words; and, you could fail at the former two traits, and still succeed because the power of your ideas outweighs your faults as a writer.

Why do people write? To inspire, because they've been inspired, to spread a message, to quench an idea, to instill revolution, to oppress a people - the list goes on and on. The reasons for writing are as diverse as the material that is written.

Just out of curiosity, what kind of book will this be? A novel about the creative mind, with a bit of sociological overview? If so, you'd be combining two of my biggest interests, so I would definitely be interested.

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Re: your take on writers and such [Re: badchad]
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badchad said:
There is a big difference between writing FACT and FICTION.


artists (authors) use lies (fiction) in order to tell the truth.

(yay v for vendetta).

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Re: your take on writers and such [Re: DirtMcgirt]
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DirtMcgirt said:
Explain. I disagree. I think there is practically no difference between writing fact or fiction at all. Maybe the mind state of the person doing the writing, but as far as the individual text goes I can see no difference in of itself


Grammatically speaking, the two styles may be similar, although there some differences.

If someone were writing a factual paper (e.g. a scientific paper, a textbook chapter, etc.) the content is usually much more objective. The content describes facts, and has (relatively) less subjective bias.

Further, the advent of technology plays a role too. Anyone can write something, publish it online or in book form and proclaim: "look at me!, I am a writer!".

Because it is more objectively based, and peer-reviewed, publishing a paper on Pubmed is much more difficult. In my humble opinion, scientific, and FACTUAL writing is devoid of the passion, and uniqueness which may be more appropriately referred to as "writing".


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436

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