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Keith is the source of the story but not the writer of the story, so he is not therefore properly speaking the author.
I just think it is important to make this distinction, if for no other reason than out of fairness to those who do actually sit down and do the graft of writing their own story. OK, if they are not very skilled writers than it is edited, parts rewritten, suggestions made but that does not alter the fact that they are there actually doing the work and all credit to them for that. A pity Keith doesn't do that and do a bit more of the work for the money and the praise!
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Keith is the source of the story but not the writer of the story, so he is not therefore properly speaking the author.
I just think it is important to make this distinction, if for no other reason than out of fairness to those who do actually sit down and do the graft of writing their own story. OK, if they are not very skilled writers than it is edited, parts rewritten, suggestions made but that does not alter the fact that they are there actually doing the work and all credit to them for that. A pity Keith doesn't do that and do a bit more of the work for the money and the praise!
Keith tells the story, and other people edit and write it. That makes him an author of the story, but not the writer. I think this is the most correct description of it.
After all, author means "the person who originated or gave existence to anything".
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Together they are the unbeatable Anecwrauthors.
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bye bye johnny
"Gus & Me" is a 32 page children's picture book. How much organization of Keith's thoughts might that have required?
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author:
noun
a writer of a book, article, or report.
verb
be the author of (a book or piece of writing).
be the originator of; create.
So, by this definition, Keith is the verb author and the verb is always more important than the noun.
I give Keith credit for knowing that he needs a writer to organize his thoughts and ideas into a coherent document. There are plenty of boring autobigraphies out there that would have been much better if a good ghost writer had been employed. There's nothing more authentic about them either, you can just as easily make up facts when you write it yourself as when you are telling it to someone else.
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bye bye johnny
"Gus & Me" is a 32 page children's picture book. How much organization of Keith's thoughts might that have required?
Heck BBJohnny, I know some people who couldn't organize their way out of a paper bag. Not saying Keith's one of them, but 32 pages could be a stretch for him.
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Less books, more open G!!
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have a photo taken showing you reading Keith's book and send them to him
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THEODORA: "You know, 10 years ago my dad would never have watched a musical. He'd make such fun of them. You'd think that somebody who is so into music would love musicals, but he'd be like, `That guy's asking for directions and the other person just bursts into song?'"
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THEODORA: "You know, 10 years ago my dad would never have watched a musical. He'd make such fun of them. You'd think that somebody who is so into music would love musicals, but he'd be like, `That guy's asking for directions and the other person just bursts into song?'"
I just don't believe Keith could be that opinionated. Just don't believe it. Cachinnation time. Just dooon't believe it.
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THEODORA: "You know, 10 years ago my dad would never have watched a musical. He'd make such fun of them. You'd think that somebody who is so into music would love musicals, but he'd be like, `That guy's asking for directions and the other person just bursts into song?'"
I just don't believe Keith could be that opinionated. Just don't believe it. Cachinnation time. Just dooon't believe it.
It was almost word for word my response to musicals, then and now, sooo . . . (Ditto opera, and it's not that I don't enjoy either genre, it's just that there's something inherently funny about the form, is all. )
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THEODORA: "You know, 10 years ago my dad would never have watched a musical. He'd make such fun of them. You'd think that somebody who is so into music would love musicals, but he'd be like, `That guy's asking for directions and the other person just bursts into song?'"
I just don't believe Keith could be that opinionated. Just don't believe it. Cachinnation time. Just dooon't believe it.
It was almost word for word my response to musicals, then and now, sooo . . . (Ditto opera, and it's not that I don't enjoy either genre, it's just that there's something inherently funny about the form, is all. )
Mine too!
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latebloomer
It weren't me that the Theo quote comes from, it was BB Johnny who posted the article.
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latebloomer
It weren't me that the Theo quote comes from, it was BB Johnny who posted the article.
It were. Quote's from the Harper's Bazaar interview. ;-)
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THEODORA:but he'd be like, `That guy's asking for directions and the other person just bursts into song?'"
I just don't believe Keith could be that opinionated.
It was almost word for word my response to musicals,
Mine too!
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What is really ludicrous about big musicals isn't only the whole cast bursting into song when the guy asks for directions - it's that moment, ten to fifteen minutes later, when the vast all-singing all-dancing production number finally grinds to a halt and everybody goes "er - where were we? Oh yeah, it's down that alley and second on the right.."
I've usually been muttering "just GET ON WITH THE BLOODY PLOT" for some time by then.
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What is really ludicrous about big musicals isn't only the whole cast bursting into song when the guy asks for directions - it's that moment, ten to fifteen minutes later, when the vast all-singing all-dancing production number finally grinds to a halt and everybody goes "er - where were we? Oh yeah, it's down that alley and second on the right.."
I've usually been muttering "just GET ON WITH THE BLOODY PLOT" for some time by then.
cranky much GL?
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THEODORA: "You know, 10 years ago my dad would never have watched a musical. He'd make such fun of them. You'd think that somebody who is so into music would love musicals, but he'd be like, `That guy's asking for directions and the other person just bursts into song?'"
I just don't believe Keith could be that opinionated. Just don't believe it. Cachinnation time. Just dooon't believe it.