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October 8, 2007

Monday

Write something with a hidden message in it.

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Scout comes in with my fedora. The fedora is for Monday walks. I scratch behind his ears and tell him not today. "I'm working on the ending, Scout, and then I will be finished. Once more through the ending and then the intro after that." No one reads the middles so I don't even bother. Better writers put their real points there, buried in a paragraph or single sentence, buried in the middle where no one reads. To me it's just a vehicle, an excuse for clever starts and pithy ends and I think I should have been a poet.

Posted by: Christopher Cocca at October 8, 2007 1:47 AM · Permalink

HAIRSRAY - A REVIEW

The latest movie featuring John Travolta leaves you wondering what kind of crap he will star in next.

To sit through Hairspray without fidgeting is impossible and in some scenes, I wanted to curl up and die.

Will producers ever wake up to the fact Mr. Travolta's days as a song and dance man are over or do they think he is a Fred Astaire wanna be?

The best advice I would give to Mr. Travolta would be to stop singing, hang up his worn-out dancing shoes and do what Ronald Regan did - enter politics and run for President.

Posted by: Rick at October 8, 2007 6:38 AM · Permalink

CC, what the heck is that? Any hidden msg in there? If there is a msg (damn well hidden!) give us a clue. If not, why is it here?

Posted by: ted at October 8, 2007 11:49 AM · Permalink

My guess is that CC is writing about how he believes authors hide their messages by putting them into the heart of the story. Of course, I'm usually wrong about these sorts of things.

Posted by: Jim Parkinson at October 8, 2007 12:47 PM · Permalink

ahhhh, sometimes I'm dense

Posted by: ted at October 8, 2007 1:06 PM · Permalink

JP's got it. Also, "No one reads the middles so I don't even bother" starts 45 words from the beginning of the piece and ends 45 from the end.

Posted by: Christopher Cocca at October 8, 2007 1:45 PM · Permalink