Thursday, August 28, 2003
An anecdote...
Heard this during a talk a Prof. was giving:
There's this teacher who gives her 4th-5th standard students an assignment to write a short story. This is in Englad and, understandably, the teacher says, 'A good short story MUST have royalty, romance, divinity and suspense.' As usual, most students turn in the stories that their parents wrote. A small girl comes up with a two line original work. The teacher is stunned and she asks the girl to read out her story. The girl goes: "The princess is pregnant. God only knows who did it!!"
Now, that is a great example of concise writing covering all the required details. Hope I can someday get to be as good!!
There's this teacher who gives her 4th-5th standard students an assignment to write a short story. This is in Englad and, understandably, the teacher says, 'A good short story MUST have royalty, romance, divinity and suspense.' As usual, most students turn in the stories that their parents wrote. A small girl comes up with a two line original work. The teacher is stunned and she asks the girl to read out her story. The girl goes: "The princess is pregnant. God only knows who did it!!"
Now, that is a great example of concise writing covering all the required details. Hope I can someday get to be as good!!
