Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Looking for the Best

I was just reading a chapter in the book called "Let me count the ways" by Jim McGuiggan, and came across this passage....

Can you remember what A.J. Gordon told his readers about the two groups of struggling writers he was acquainted with, who gathered regularly to read their work to each other? The men's group was called "the Stranglers," and the women's was called "the Wranglers." The Stranglers crucified one another's work with savage criticisms, pointing out too plainly the obvious failings in the efforts, while the Wranglers kept looking until they could say something positive about everyone's work. Out of the group of men, not one made it as a noted writer; but out of the women there were several, including the author of "The Yearling."

(pg. 47, originally from A.J. Gordon's "A Touch of Wonder").

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