How is it that politicians have taught us to expect less? They want to 'lower' expectations so that if we end up with something better, they will get credit for it. (But if we get the same old stuff, they can't be pinned for it). Or, more to the point, how have we allowed this way of thinking to creep into our own lives?
GREAT EXPECTATIONS - THE NOVEL.
In the Charles Dickens novel 'Great Expectations' Pip has real expectations of a great life. Whether or not life lives up to those expectations, they 'are' there in the first place.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS - THE SEQUEL.
Whatever the outcome, we should demand the best from ourselves and from our writing. We should not be going through the mechanics of writing, hoping that one day we may develop into a better writer. That never happens. Writing is demanding, frustrating, plain o' hard work. If we are going to do something great, there will be great pain in it. Why would we expect anything else?
How is it that politicians have taught us to expect less? They want to 'lower' expectations so that if we end up with something better, they will get credit for it. (But if we get the same old stuff, they can't be pinned for it). Or, more to the point, how have we allowed this way of thinking to creep into our own lives?
GREAT EXPECTATIONS - THE NOVEL.
In the Charles Dickens novel 'Great Expectations' Pip has real expectations of a great life. Whether or not life lives up to those expectations, they 'are' there in the first place.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS - THE SEQUEL.
Whatever the outcome, we should demand the best from ourselves and from our writing. We should not be going through the mechanics of writing, hoping that one day we may develop into a better writer. That never happens. Writing is demanding, frustrating, plain o' hard work. If we are going to do something great, there will be great pain in it. Why would we expect anything else?
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