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Subject:Minimialisml From:Documania <dcma -at- MAIL1 -dot- NAI -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:13:14 -0500
Re the query:
>You can turn a hundred gallons of maple sap into a gallon of maple syrup, but
>not by extraction; the process, boiling, is long and slow. Though I believe
>in the minimalist writing process, I worry about having the results
>arbitrarily imposed: "Thou shalt write no more than 50 pages per book." What
>do you think?
Well, you can always take the OED approach: use teeny, tiny type and
provide a magnifying glass!
Carolyn Haley
DocuMania
dcma -at- ct1 -dot- nai -dot- net
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