[stylist] Writing exercise

Tue Sep 20 18:14:36 UTC 2011

Hi Brad,
Make it a series of articles. That way, you can focus in on each part. It's a great topic, and I like your approach to it.

Jim

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Jim,

Its just a piece I put together, no targeted intentions for it, just 
thoughts,  but I'm always curious of word count. I find I generally 
do pretty natural  from 750-1200 or so. I did add some of the 
sentiments we talked about and its up to 1970 words lol. I'll let it 
sit and work on it when more time allows.

Brad

On 9/20/2011  10:57 AM Homme, James said...
>Hi Brad,
>Maybe, assuming that you get this ready for publication, when you 
>edit the piece down and shorten it a bit, there will be room for 
>some of the other point of view. Were you working with a word count?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>Jim
>
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>
>Thanks Chris I appreciate the feedback and as always, taking the time
>to read. I'd started writing this after those posts to the list and
>didn't really sit down to run an iron over it until this morning. I
>agree Jim tolerance is key. I probably ought reference that more.
>Maybe  I can tweak it without adding to the slightly too lengthy bit
>now :). I think it is important, in all walks of life to live
>our  lives knowing that 100% of the people we meet, live outside our
>skin and experiences. Expecting them to understand us perfectly on
>first meet or even several is presumptuous. In fact, I'll go as far
>to say that "because" we have a vantage point of having experience as
>recipient of stereotypes and assumptions, we ought be better
>positioned as the  mature ones to suck it up and educate, which we
>most often do eventually :). It does wear one down occasionally
>though, hence the rephrasing the situation in our mind as the mirror
>metaphor.  It is not unlike two people with a stalemated difference
>of opinion and words have been said. Sooner or later someone has to
>step up as the mature one and reach  out for a hand shake or both are
>the loser.
>
>Brad
>
>On 9/20/2011  10:29 AM Chris Kuell said...
> >Brad -
> >
> >This was an exceptionally good piece of writing. Bloody brilliant, I
> >might say if I were British. After our discussion on this list a few
> >weeks ago (following Bridgit's blog post and several folks,
> >including yourself, posting thoughts about his phenomenon of the
> >spectrum of responses)I wrote something myself, but it explored more
> >the blind person's reaction, or lack of reaction, to the ignorisms
> >that sighted people inevitably throw at us. I hadn't thought about
> >it from the perspective you did, and I thoroughly enjoyed doing so.
> >Thanks for sharing.
> >
> >chris
> >
> >PS - interestingly, I didn't receive your post, at least not yet,
> >but I'm responding to Jim's response to it.
> >
> >
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