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JOE: Good morning Calliope.
CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. Ready to share your ten reasons project?.
JOE: Actually there are twenty. Ten for and ten against reading our book.
CALLIOPE: Lets start with the pros.
JOE: Okay, here goes:
Ten Reasons to Read Conversations with Calliope: A Year with My Muse
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Find out where writers get their ideas.
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Hear what a writer does all day.
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Listen to what writers say about being a writer.
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How can a muse be more helpful?
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See how to get unstuck when you write.
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Learn how to talk with a muse.
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Explore what else writers need to know besides how to write.
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Discover what keeps a writer going page after page.
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Determine who supports a writer’s efforts.
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Unearth the sources of writers’ inspiration.
CALLIOPE: Pretty good. How about the cons?
JOE: Okay.
Ten Reasons Not to Read Conversations with Calliope: A Year with My Muse
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Who needs a muse? Writing is the writer’s responsibility.
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I don’t care how things get written. I just want to enjoy what I read.
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I can write a book if I want to. Maybe some day I will, but I’ll do it my way.
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There’s nothing magic about writing. It’s just hard work.
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I don’t think I’ll ever be able to write anything good.
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Writing’s old fashioned. Everybody watches TV these days.
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I don’t have time to read, much less write.
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Most writers are just crusty alcoholics.
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Writers are like teachers. They can't do anything useful so they just talk about it.
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I’d never want someone to tell me what to write.
CALLIOPE: Are you trying to talk people out of reading the book?
JOE: No but I want to address possible reservations before readers think them up.
CALLIOPE: Anything else?
JOE: Yes. If people really believe the cons, I don't want them wasting their time reading our book.
CALLIOPE: But?
JOE: But maybe they will rethink their objections and have a look anyway.
CALLIOPE: Good thought. Let's see what happens.
JOE: Nothing to lose as far as I can see. Talk with you tomorrow.
