[stylist] Assumptions & Directions

Wed Apr 15 20:55:48 UTC 2015

My story is no where near good as this, but when I was in university, during
a writers workshop class, I had wrote a piece that included a section about
being in the fine arts building, Weber, which is where theatre, art and
creative writing students were housed. A girl critiqueing my piece made a
comment about not being so vague about location, specifically pointing out
the reference to Weber. She said, "I don't even know where that building
is." I responded, "You're sitting in it right now." LOL

Bridgit

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Hi Donna,

This piece was well written and interesting. I've also thought, more than
once, why a restaurant or store doesn't even mention what town they are in.
Although my own personal favorite 'direction' story happened many years ago
when I was in grad school at the University of Vermont. I was walking to
school one day when a car pulled up. "Excuse me," the driver said I stopped
and asked how I could help. They asked where a hotel was--it had a French
name, and I'd never heard of it. So that's what I told him.
"Are we in Quebec?" he asked.
Once my initial astonishment, then laughing jag subsided, I told him, "No,
this isn't Quebec. You need to get on the highway and drive north for about
200 miles--then ask again."

Chris

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