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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="12ad4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1317db00.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Public Face</div> <bR> <div> Me? Just a retired, feckless, three-times-failed, entrepreneur who nowadays likes to think of himself as a dilettante writer/poet cum philosopher and bon vivant. </div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="about the author"><U>(For more about me,</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="about the author"><U>click here)</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Below, and opposite, you'll find links to my fiction and poetry as well as other literary miscellany. But first, can I invite you to take a glass of wine, pull up a chair, and exercise your mind on the perennial aesthetic debate opposite?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="selection of short stories"><U>short stories</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="poetry"><U>poetry</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="some favourite poems"><U>some favourite poems</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="epitaphs Id die for ! "><U>epitaphs I'd die for ! </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="literary miscellany"><U>literary miscellany</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="about the author"><U>about the author</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="welcome_to_the_hedges_writer_poet"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>welcome to the hedges-writer-homepage</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="selection of short stories"><U><B>Short Stories</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="poetry"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="poetry"><U><B>Poetry</B></U></A><B> </B><B>| </B><A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="some favourite poems"><U><B>A Few Favourite Poems</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="epitaphs Id die for ! "><U><B>Epitaphs I'd Die For</B></U></A><B>! | </B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="literary miscellany"><U><B>Literary Miscellany </B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="about the author"><U><B>About the Author</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>A Special Welcome to Readers, Writers, Poets and Philosophers!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>(Which, I suppose, is just about anyone worth knowing)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Here’s a chance to help a writer in a quandary. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Please engage mind, and have electronic pen ready!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13480800.gif" border=0 width="128" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Question: Do aspiring writers nurture unjustified expectations in regard to early publication? </B></I><I><B>Come to that, when we leave aside any (perceived) financial reward, why does the novice feel the need to publish at all? </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>In other words</B></div> <div> <I><B>What has publication to do with art? </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Are the two mutually inclusive? Read on...</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1357f800.gif" border=0 width="127" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Hmm...</I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="130f4040.gif" border=0 width="500" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>While you're thinking about that...</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>We all know that western creative writing stems from ancient Greek poetry and drama. Perhaps not so many know that, until the early novels of the late Seventeenth- and early Eighteenth-centuries, poetry and drama were still almost exclusively the only forms used for creative literary expression. This lasted until well into the Nineteenth century. At least, it did in the English-speaking world. But even then, not every great poet felt the need to publish to a wider audience than his or her immediate friends and family. One thinks of John Donne, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, all great poets with little interest in being published. </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="130f4040.gif" border=0 width="500" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13780800.gif" border=0 width="128" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>'I don't beLIEVE this man..'</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>So, if creative writing is to be regarded as an art form, in purely aesthetic terms, are writers to be called writers or poets simply in virtue of any stumbling attempt to use language creatively, irrespective of what is produced? Should the writing not be considered first as an end in itself, just as, say, a canvas often is with painters? Or, consider budding musicians. Having mastered a few scales and the rudiments of harmony, do they expect to offer their nascent genius for public performance? Even if they did, could they reasonably expect anyone other than friends and family to attend? Not to labour the point, but does one who plans his first garden shed expect to be acclaimed an architect, eligible to enter public competitions, submit designs for the rebuilding of St. Paul's? </B><B> Well then, doesn't 'going for publication' come under the same heading? </B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1387c800.gif" border=0 width="124" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Whoops! </I></div> <div> <I>(Sorry, did I wake you)?</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>You may be a literary academic, one who has acquired a sound knowledge of aesthetics, or you may have simply happened on a philosophy that could help writers like myself obtain total satisfaction from creative writing simply for its own sake. (Should that prove necessary)! So please write and let us know! You'll find an e-mail address below. </I><I>For my own personal view, </I><A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="personal view"><U><I>click here.</I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="130f4040.gif" border=0 width="500" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>In the meantime, if you've time to spare, feel free to browse the links below. </B><B>You could look in on one or two short stories, or maybe a few poems... but whichever, thanks for looking in! </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="selection of short stories"><U>short stories</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="poetry"><U>poetry</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="some favourite poems"><U>some favourite poems</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="epitaphs Id die for ! "><U>epitaphs I'd die for ! </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="literary miscellany"><U>literary miscellany</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="about the author"><U>about the author</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="140f4040.gif" border=0 width="500" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto: sonoflawrence@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: sonoflawrence@hotmail.com"><U>mailto:</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto: sonoflawrence@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: sonoflawrence@hotmail.com"><U><B>sonoflawrence@hotmail.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="140f4040.gif" border=0 width="500" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> NOTE: Whilst putting these pages together I discovered my PC was badly out of tune. If, like me, you're a complete nig-nog with the techie stuff, may I recommend a visit to the following link, where you can find details of an inexpensive piece of software that has helped me to double the speed of my own PC : </div> <div> <A HREF="http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?hedges/sanderson" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?hedges/"><U><B>Click here</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#welcome_to_the_hedges_writer_poet" TITLE="welcome to the hedgeswriterpoet homepage"><U><B>Return to top</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Visitors are welcome to use anything on this site for personal use, or for genuine educational purposes - i.e. classroom situations. Copyright is nevertheless reserved on my own creative material, and should not be copied for redistribution to third parties without prior written consent. </div> <div> ©<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Times New Roman" > S. T. 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