The evolution of interactive fiction
G Howell, JY Douglas - Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
G Howell, JY Douglas
Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1990•Taylor & FrancisWriting, when properly managed... is but a different name for conversation: As no one, who
knows what he is about in good company, would venture to talk all;-so no author, who
understands the just boundaries of decorum and good breeding, would presume to think all:
The truest respect which you can pay to a reader's understanding, is to halve this matter
amicably, and leave him something to image, in his turn, as well as yourself.
knows what he is about in good company, would venture to talk all;-so no author, who
understands the just boundaries of decorum and good breeding, would presume to think all:
The truest respect which you can pay to a reader's understanding, is to halve this matter
amicably, and leave him something to image, in his turn, as well as yourself.
Writing, when properly managed... is but a different name for conversation: As no one, who knows what he is about in good company, would venture to talk all;-so no author, who understands the just boundaries of decorum and good breeding, would presume to think all: The truest respect which you can pay to a reader's understanding, is to halve this matter amicably, and leave him something to image, in his turn, as well as yourself.
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