There are quite a few DYNAMITE writers on this forum who might not have been sufficiently encouraged to contribute, during recent years, due to lack of due disdain from our beloved forum. Or, they might have been discouraged from posting their peerless contributions, just as a result of lack of social motivation.

 

The reason for this is because, in the past, perhaps, this forum was not taken seriously enough. But, now, this forum is being taken far more seriously.  Our forum is being taken far more seriously.

 

Obviously, it is a simple thing to post nonsense, which has been our pleasure in the past.

 

Yet, it is not so easy to post a VERY WELL-CRAFTED paragraph, or two. And, recently, I have read a few posted here.

 

There comes a time in all men’s lives when men of ill repute must stop being fools.  And, this is the time when they should write to the best of their abilities, and show off their writing talents.

What is the point of making stupid comments?

 

Don’t you get tired of doing so?

 

What I am saying to you lads is that, once in a while, one of you comes up with a very beautifully written paragraph, and then it’s a sight to see. Otherwise, what are you writing for?

 

Can we not have more of these beautiful paragraphs?

 

Let us not just make idiotic comments, signifying nothing, ever again.

 

You guys are good writers. Please do not pretend to be dolts. The stupider you write, then the more idiotic you will be, in posterity.

 

Please stop writing stupid things.

 

Thank you.

There are quite a few amazing writers on this forum. I know this.

There are a few darned FINE writers here. They can write rings around us, if they deigned to do so.  But, mostly, they just lurk and laugh at our inadequate strivings, as we try to write a decent paragraph.

What I am saying is that:

 

Some have what it takes.

Some are just pretenders who wish they could write beautifully.

 

Some are guys who would die just in order to write one single beautiful sentence in their life, like Hemingway.

 

I have read a few good paragraphs here...  Because, there are good writers here.

When I read a good writer, then I know one.

 

BUT, JUST WISHING TO BECOME a writer of great paragraphs does not make one, one.

This is a gift.

 

This is just a gift.

We know beauty when we see it.

 

The greatest paragraph I have ever seen was written by Philip Roth.

13 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

a VERY WELL-CRAFTED

Capitals and hyphen redundant.

 

14 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

this forum was not taken seriously enough

Highlighted texts and comic snas etc may work well in kindergarten or community college but eschewd by adults.

 

15 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Obviously, it is a simple thing to post nonsense

You have proved your point, tries hard , could do batter/waffle?

 

16 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

you lads

sorry ladies and gender fluid writers

 

17 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

The stupider

Perhaps like me Angrit isn't your fist sandwich, butt Englsih comparitves with mor ethan one syllable say more stupid.Of course if a Thai mattyom student a gooder trier I sell dumb red, fairy nuff? Nave a smiley with your cookie

 

Fine writers I doubt need to post something then answer it three times in the next three posts

47 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yet, it is not so easy to post a VERY WELL-CRAFTED paragraph, or two. And, recently, I have read a few posted here.

Yeah, sure.

Or, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

 

I just wish that someone would post just one well-crafted paragraph to prove my point that there is one writer here worth his or her salt.

 

I know you guys all have a secret wish that you will, some day, be in Sweden, and bow down to the Nobel committee.

 

I know that this is your secret wish.

The death of Philip Roth this week led to near instantaneous debate about which of his books was his best. There was the transgressive Roth; the epic, historical Roth; the personal, memoiristic Roth; the postmodernist playful Roth. His genius has been an inspiration and a prod to a few generations of writers now. And it usually comes down to the individual book, that one book, which first opened their mouths in awe.

In that spirit, we asked a number of great, contemporary novelists, critics and historians, to make their own case for Roth’s greatest book.

The fact that Philip Roth was passed over for the Nobel Prize was just one more nail in the coffin of the Ig Nobel Prize.

 

Feel free to disagree.

 

Best to you.

The thing is that:

 

There are many people reading this forum.  And, some of the people who read this forum are excellent writers.

 

Let's all think about writing ability in terms of the S curve, or the Normal curve.

 

On the very far right of this curve, then you get great writers. Still, by definition, there are just too few at the very far right.

 

Think of your writing ability in terms of Standards of Deviation.

Are you really as good as you think you are?

I really do doubt it.

 

 

 

GammaGlobulin, us mere mortals cannot hope to match your gift of creating delicately-crafted prose. Only through mockery born of envy can we salvage our egos in the face of such an overwhelming literary talent as yours ????

Regarding Greek Life:

 

Too few of us know Greek script.

 

Here is the Greek, or, as some say, the Euclidean alphabet, which we should all know....

 

Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ/ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, and Ω ω

 

When I think of the Greek, then I think of John Belushi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm so hungary.

Personally i find your opening posts too long so i don't bother reading them, try summarising

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Personally i find your opening posts too long so i don't bother reading them, try summarising

Sure.

My summary is this: Do NOT take drugs.

What I mean is:

 

We have lost very many bright lights, such as John Cheever, Belushi, and so many others, due to drugs.

 

Message to children:  Do NOT take drugs.

 

Because, too many great talents were lost due to drugs.

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Fine writers I doubt need to post something then answer it three times in the next three posts

You are a good writer.  I have read some of your posts.

You are a good writer, but not a particularly great writer.

 

What a pity, because, no matter how much you might write, thousands of hours you might practice, you will never become a great writer.

 

It's like this, my friend, 10,000 hours will never make you great, at anything.

 

You will never become a Magic Johnson.

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

I stumbled across a modern day version of the IQ bell curve distribution, here it is for your amusement :

 

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Think of your writing ability in terms of Standards of Deviation.

Are you really as good as you think you are?

I really do doubt it.

 

It must be galling to waste your undoubted genius on us dullards. Few here if any can rival your mastery of the florid monologue.

 

The only posters I can think of that are as prolific and inexorable as you would be the likes of BigStar and Jsixpack. To witness you exchanging words with those titans of wordsmithery would be glorious indeed.

 

 

4 minutes ago, nkg said:

 

It must be galling to waste your undoubted genius on us dullards. Few here if any can rival your mastery of the florid monologue.

 

The only posters I can think of that are as prolific and inexorable as you would be the likes of BigStar and Jsixpack. To witness you exchanging words with those titans of wordsmithery would be glorious indeed.

 

 

Your profile photo reminds me of the most beloved person of my life.

18 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Your profile photo reminds me of the most beloved person of my life.

 

Quite a catch ????

You know, my friends....

 

I really do not understand why you might feel aggrieved at my true wish to compliment some of you, though not all of you, concerning your writing skills.

 

You and I are in the same boat. You and I are just third-class writers.

 

And, some of us know it.

 

However, I know that you have, just as I also have, read some words written by great writers.

 

For example, the "Far Eastern Economic Review".

 

The words written by those good authors were SPECTACULAR.  You cannot deny it.

 

Well, anyway, the great authors who once published on that spectacular rag are no more.

 

Maybe you should check out the history of the the rag, Far Eastern Economic Review, and just wonder why those writers were ....  so amazing.

 

By the way, I am sure that there are writers here who once wrote for FEER.  But, they will not post here, I guess.  The reason they do not post here is because they are so far superior to us.

 

The FEER was truly an amazing publication.  The reason it did not last is because.....it was just too good to be true.

 

Take care, my friends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

One more thing, my friends:

 

Due to the virus, I know that you are not here, the place where you would dearly love to be, at this very moment.

 

Let me tell you, Being Here is just so great.

 

Someday soon, you will be here with me.

 

Until this day happens, my heart goes out to you.

 

Take care, my friends.

 

Take care!

What happened to you, OP? Can't sleep? Post all night?

 

This topic deserves a star. Not the Michelin star though...

3 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

The fact that Philip Roth was passed over for the Nobel Prize was just one more nail in the coffin of the Ig Nobel Prize.

 

Feel free to disagree.

 

Best to you.

Who?

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Personally i find your opening posts too long so i don't bother reading them, try summarising

Please don't bother.

One post from the OP is becoming one too many now.

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Who?

Mr Orange's brother maybe.................

10 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

What happened to you, OP? Can't sleep? Post all night?

 

This topic deserves a star. Not the Michelin star though...

Too much Gongbao Jiding, maybe, 宫保鸡丁.

Too many peanuts with my chicken, maybe.

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

You guys are good writers. Please do not pretend to be dolts.

You tink & write to muk.