SUBJECT>Re: The Good Wife's Guide : 3 POSTER>Jude Goodwin EMAIL>jude@goodwinstudios.com DATE>1110321220 IP_ADDRESS>S0106000d933a93d0.vn.shawcable.net PASSWORD>aaVJ1mJgvTfiY PREVIOUS>84457 NEXT> 84494 IMAGE> LINKNAME> LINKURL>

hi geoff

never fear, this series is dead
now for punctuation - "Commas are writers' and printers' marks telling the reader how best to read the text, sometimes for the sake of clarity, sometimes for niceties of meaning. "

so I guess I was thinking that sometimes, I don't want to tell the reader how best to read it, I want the reader to read how they see fit. and sometimes i don't want to put a pause it just want it to run and sometimes (most of the time) i write my first drafts without punctuation, then stick it in during revision.

thanks as always
jude

He wanted to know it all the light as it flooded the kitchen

just as the baby cried her housecoat, pink or yellow today

the snapping of the stove as it lit the kettle the warm teapot

the brush of his daughter's curls through another little

white shirt He wanted the smell of it the milk on her breath

its quick searching along his cheek the sounds of a turquoise radio

and It's a Wonderful World the baby tossing rice pablum and mommy

smiling, humming along He wanted to know the long day

with all its details He was desperate for it and wanted it most

when he was home at last when she would duck away

his coat in her arms the baby watching him from her minder

with eyes like night owls ready for flight.