Tag: Oscar Wilde

Writing Vs. Editing – and Oscar Wilde’s Commas

Oct 15, 2012

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harmamae

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“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.” – Oscar Wilde** Editing can take forever. I can slave over one passage for hours, knowing it doesn’t say what I really want it to say yet, but without…
A Thought from Oscar Wilde – On Real Life and Literature

Sep 28, 2011

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harmamae

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I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. – Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde, I think we agree on something. If I wanted “real life,” what would I read a book for?