asking questions and discovering how little I know
From the monthly archives:
In the Globe and Mail, Margaret Atwood responds to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent comments on the arts in Canada in which, in part, he claims to speak for the average person. Titled, To be creative is, in fact, Canadian, Atwood makes a number of observations. But I especially liked this paragraph: I suggest that [...]
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Yesterday the current Canadian election turned to support of the arts, or the lack thereof. Parties on all sides took their positions, ridiculed their opponents position and, as you might imagine, it all devolved into the usual pointless rants. I find discussions of the subject of government support of the arts largely pointless because they [...]
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Here’s a story that points out a government gaff that, when you think about it, is all about bad writing: Sask. gov’t admits letters to pensioners for proof of life could be nicer Could have been nicer? How about, “… should have been nicer.” And maybe someone with some people skills should have proofed it. [...]
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One of the mistakes that often comes up in writing, and especially problematic in business/commercial writing such as ad copy, is the attempt to be funny. Humour works, and works like gangbusters, when it hits the mark. But when it doesn’t the results can be disastrous. So here are a few reasons why humour is [...]
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If asked what Google is, I suppose I might say it’s a search engine even though I know that would be like saying China is a place. There’s a smidgeon of truth in the answer but it doesn’t really answer the question in any meaningful way. Honestly, I wouldn’t know where to begin to answer [...]
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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick. And that would be my dog, Molly Bloom, as a logo in the header.
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