tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post3709570038686333055..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: On the Architecture of Gardens by Lev ButtsKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-6621032007793019252017-04-28T15:37:07.375+01:002017-04-28T15:37:07.375+01:00Dennis, I don't know why my earlier response d...Dennis, I don't know why my earlier response didn't post, but I'm right there with you.Leverett Buttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822160835689818255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-24935509104575359372017-04-23T15:45:54.941+01:002017-04-23T15:45:54.941+01:00I like "pantsing" Reb. It also carries w...I like "pantsing" Reb. It also carries with it the connotationhazing practice of having your pants jerked down in public.<br /><br />So practitioners may think they're flying by the seat of their pants when they are actually caught with their pants down.Leverett Buttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822160835689818255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-19753554017357852862017-04-23T14:42:36.746+01:002017-04-23T14:42:36.746+01:00I like the categories of architects and gardeners....I like the categories of architects and gardeners. But I'd go with the label 'pantsers' or the third category of not-really-gardeners. Pantsers as in flying by the seat of their pants. This approach can work with certain types of writing: Byron's Don Juan and Stern's Tristam Shandy and anything by Tom Robbins are written on the run. But I'm convinced that many writers who scorn outlines have either done considerable brooding questioning before they start...or have a Mozartian grasp of the pacing and shape of the finished work in their heads. One writer, Claude Bouchard, claims he doesn't outline but periodically must stop to sketch out the next section. glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-72213035245899127612017-04-23T10:31:58.271+01:002017-04-23T10:31:58.271+01:00Lovely, thought-provoking post, Lev. I sometimes w...Lovely, thought-provoking post, Lev. I sometimes wish there was more of the architect about me but generally I'm proud to be a gardener. 'How do I know what I think till I see what I say?'Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.com