Three poets, in three distant ages born,
Greece, Italy, and England did adorn.
The first in loftiness of thought surpassed,
The next in majesty, in both the last:
The force of Nature could no farther go;
To make a third she joined the former two.
Continue reading John Dryden (1631
Category: Literature
In any type of writing, there are three possible points of view: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, or me, you, and other. There are three periods of the English language’s history: Old, Middle, and Modern. And dramas traditionally have three parts: prot asis, epitasis, and catastrophe.
The Writer As Technician
QUOTATION: Three words that still have meaning, that I think we can apply to all professional writing, are discovery, originality, invention. Continue reading The Writer As Technician
On Being Fair
QUOTATION: Rearing three children is like growing a cactus, a gardenia, and a tubful of impatiens. Continue reading On Being Fair
