Sail, that was perfect!
Congratulations, Susan!
This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Anne W. - Jul 20, 2008 3:54:36 am PDT #359 of 6681
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
sj - Jul 20, 2008 4:55:28 am PDT #360 of 6681
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sail, great drabble!
Susan, congratulations!
sumi - Jul 20, 2008 9:24:16 am PDT #361 of 6681
Art Crawl!!!
Sailaweigh - loved it!
Susan - that's excellent - on both counts.
Laga - Jul 20, 2008 10:33:58 am PDT #362 of 6681
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Congratulations, Susan!
Lee - Jul 20, 2008 10:35:31 am PDT #363 of 6681
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The torn challenge is now closed.
The new challenge is play.
Beverly - Jul 20, 2008 2:28:17 pm PDT #364 of 6681
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Congratulations, Susan!
Sail, I lovelovelove that drabble. So...US!
Allyson - Jul 20, 2008 2:52:36 pm PDT #365 of 6681
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I've been trying to explain the difference between a skilled writer and a talented writer (of course, one hopes you have a bit of both, but without talent, you're fuck out of luck).
I've been dealing with someone who thinks it's all very easy. Think of a marketable idea, and write it all down. That's all.
If only.
I'm so frustrated. I can't seem to find a way to explain it in metaphor. I've tried architect/carpenter, physicist/engineer.
He just seems to discount talent as something non-existent. Everything is skill, and anyone can learn a skill. Ergo, anyone can be a great writer. Not just a good writer, but a great one.
Am I explaining this well? I feel like I'm incoherent.
Dana - Jul 20, 2008 2:56:52 pm PDT #366 of 6681
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Tell him to get back to you after he's had his first book published.
sumi - Jul 20, 2008 3:00:07 pm PDT #367 of 6681
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, you ARE.
I think we need examples.
I'm not good with writers. . .but say - that guy who does the painting on PBS? Sure - he has skills but say, Frans Hals - he's got talent AND skill.
Talent is the raw material - you can't teach it - it's either there or not. Skill includes all the tools you can teach to make talent into something. You can teach someone the skills but if they don't have the talent - it's not going to sing.
Ailleann - Jul 20, 2008 3:11:26 pm PDT #368 of 6681
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What's his field, Allyson? Maybe there's a metaphor to be found in what he does...
I think a decent example of talent vs. skill is this footage of a robotic clarinet player "performing" Flight of the Bumblebee. This is what I would call skill, in that the robot has the skills to execute the mechanics of the piece. But I don't know that anyone would argue that this robot has the "talent" to actually play the piece of music.
Maybe not a good example, especially since it features a robot instead of a human, but...