Comments on: 30 Days with Borges: Day 5, Phases in the writings of Borges http://baires.elsur.org/archives/30-days-with-borges-day-5-phases-in-the-writings-of-borges/ Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:58:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://baires.elsur.org/archives/30-days-with-borges-day-5-phases-in-the-writings-of-borges/comment-page-1/#comment-23764 Daniel Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:55:07 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/30-days-with-borges-day-5-phases-in-the-writings-of-borges/#comment-23764 Actually, after I made that comment, I had a more pertinent thought. It's not just developing writing skill that takes years, it's also the amount of reading that's necessary, especially for kind of story Borges told. You don't develop that level of knowledge of Valery, Old English, Middle Eastern myths, Schopenhauer and so many other fields from an undergraduate degree. Actually, after I made that comment, I had a more pertinent thought.

It’s not just developing writing skill that takes years, it’s also the amount of reading that’s necessary, especially for kind of story Borges told.

You don’t develop that level of knowledge of Valery, Old English, Middle Eastern myths, Schopenhauer and so many other fields from an undergraduate degree.

]]> By: Daniel http://baires.elsur.org/archives/30-days-with-borges-day-5-phases-in-the-writings-of-borges/comment-page-1/#comment-23724 Daniel Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:04:38 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/30-days-with-borges-day-5-phases-in-the-writings-of-borges/#comment-23724 Good description. It's a pattern you discover with almost all writers. There's a long period of work before people decide you have talent. Good description.

It’s a pattern you discover with almost all writers. There’s a long period of work before people decide you have talent.

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