On 8/1/97 9:05 PM, G.L.Sandborn/Uncle Fester at sandborn@microlink.net 
wrote:

       Anyhow, the whole thing strikes me as quite mechanical and
totally contrary to the way stories get written.  I'm sure I'm wrong
because the 'Writer's Digest' rates the thing as Excellent and CNN
Furure Watch can't say enough nice things about it.
       I donno, I'll keep knocking around with it in hopes I finally
figure out the combination.  I'll let you all know how it works out.

Well, it sounds like further proof of something I had drummed into me on 
the Fidonet WRITING echo: There is *NO* One True Way To Write. Books and 
software on writing can give useful tips and help -- I'd imagine 
something like this program might be good practice for someone whose 
writing sprawls around and needs to be focused, for example. But I don't 
think you can treat any system like this as gospel, or a blueprint to 
follow to get Successful Writing; what works for you, works for you, and 
no amount of writing formulas will change that. 


Travis Butler
(The Professor, formerly of Myth and Magick!, Lawrence, KS;
 tbutler@tfs.net, now from the Wandering Powerbook;
 <http://www.tfs.net/personal/tbutler/>;
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...Like Alice, I try to believe three impossible things before breakfast.