02-23-2012, 01:56 AM
Dale,
I don't know if I would necessarily consider that phrase misinformation. It's more a type of shorthand that doesn't account for context.
Part of the creative process tends to blur the edges of intent in writing (at least in my experience).
I think what that phrase is mostly trying to say is: Hey author! Clarity is not the reader's responsibility and your ability to 100% interpret your work ends in a real way when it is realeased into the world. What it's probably mostly saying though is that intent by and large is crap what's important is actual execution.
All that said, I do agree with you that parroting a phrase without explanation isn't ultimately helpful.
I don't know if I would necessarily consider that phrase misinformation. It's more a type of shorthand that doesn't account for context.
Part of the creative process tends to blur the edges of intent in writing (at least in my experience).
I think what that phrase is mostly trying to say is: Hey author! Clarity is not the reader's responsibility and your ability to 100% interpret your work ends in a real way when it is realeased into the world. What it's probably mostly saying though is that intent by and large is crap what's important is actual execution.
All that said, I do agree with you that parroting a phrase without explanation isn't ultimately helpful.
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson