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@JohnAllen-gi3kj Күн бұрын
I think you're intimidated by poetry and fear anything abstract because you're afraid of being revealed as something you're not-stupid, or not in touch with art, or whatever. You chose the most obvious poem.
@wow1371 4 күн бұрын
man, no wonder you have not sold as many as Da Vinci Code
@smalltown2223 10 күн бұрын
What I’ve learned as I’ve got older is that there’s no such thing as good and bad art. For instance is Frank Zappa better than One Direction? The worlds biggest fans of both those artist are not going to change their mind. None of them are wrong or right, they just like what they like, and that’s fine!
@adrianbooklecter7545 18 күн бұрын
youre just wrong lol
@mybroyhwh1950 Ай бұрын
Nice
@edgybitch2177 Ай бұрын
God they’ll let anyone be a professor these days
@zigaudrey Ай бұрын
I have read two Dan Brown to make me hate him: the dominance of info-dumps, the love-puzzle to counter the dangerous journey, the useless events that could be removed... I prefer classic literature over this.
@danmillward7358 Ай бұрын
Dan brown is at heart a teacher...he taught english...he unerstands peoples limitations he has to as part of being a teacher...it is no coincidence he made a book that is accessible to millions
@danmillward7358 Ай бұрын
Plus if you look at plot points...you have a puzzle and you are being accused of murder....good act 1 (a classic) mid point (christ had kids) intresting and unique climax to act 2...your companion is a child of christ (good climax to the third act)...its interesting to the average person...i think the fact that dan brown is being picked apart for his writing style speaks more about human nature and less about his writing style.
@danmillward7358 Ай бұрын
One thing that dan brown doesnt get enough praise for in the writing community is his structure...he is brilliant at it....thats why he sells so many books....love the way he introduces characters (to robert langdon) in this book....Robert is first met by the police officer (bad guy, at least to robert anyway) then sophie (friendly) then the banker who tries to kill him (bad guy) then lee (good guy) then the killer (bad guy.....that structure of bad good bad good bad....stops you questioning lees intentions as your inner mind acsepts the pattern
@danmillward7358 Ай бұрын
i disagree with a lot of this....just say how old they are...that two digit text will bring a perfectly formed image to every readers mind....dont bloody well show every single thing the book will be 1500 pages long....hate rules like this...john le carre did plenty of this kind of stuff so did agatha christie (top of the mystery and suspense genres) and noone is calling them out...
@stephenwalker2924 Ай бұрын
Eucalyptus loxophleba (York Gum) is a species of tree in the family myrtles. They have a self-supporting growth form. They are listed as vulnerable by IUCN. They have simple, broad leaves and capsule fruit. fastigium noun,plural fas·tig·i·ums, fas·tig·i·a [fa-stij-ee-uh]. Medicine/Medical. the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection. cynosure /ˈsʌɪnə(ʊ)ʃʊə,ˈsɪnə(ʊ)ʃʊə/ noun a person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration. "Kirk was the cynosure of all eyes"
@neely3236 Ай бұрын
Thank you Mr. Millburn
@dcle944 2 ай бұрын
Actually watching these videos are not good for my writing. Now I’m freaking out that I don’t use all the modifiers correctly.
@dcle944 2 ай бұрын
The question is how to get from bad to good. That’s the challenge.
@teodordumitrescu 2 ай бұрын
This is one of the worst videos that I have ever watched on youtube. God, people loved the book and I looked up youtube for the book, what kind of critique is that, worse critique than the writing.
@NickJovic23 2 ай бұрын
I liked some of the stuff from your channel and I don't like Da Vinci Code what so ever, but a lot of this is straight-up bad advice.
@ahmadalikhan1743 2 ай бұрын
How to understand the formation of idioms plz make a video on it.
@JTC2227 2 ай бұрын
Tom Hanks 2006 Film
@user-yg2ho1bj7o 3 ай бұрын
Please what is the meaning of priority
@Dark_Peace 3 ай бұрын
Calculus books definitely give me emotion. Dread.
@elaynegriffith 3 ай бұрын
I vanlife and so I’m in a different environment all the time, but the one thing I need is quiet. Noise & activity is very distracting. If I can’t find a quiet place, I use noise canceling earbuds and listen to ambient KZbin. Or if it’s just too rowdy (like screaming kids in a hotel or something) I turn into Hulk and rage play video games 😂
@movingpicutres99 3 ай бұрын
But did parenthood cause the delay or even cancellation of a midlife crises? The improved versions jump to conclusions. An outside observer might do that. The first person narrator is gingerly exploring a range of possibilities. With uncertainty.
@stephenwalker2924 Ай бұрын
Parenthood supercedes the red corvette (a stand-in symbol for a mid-life crisis). So parenthood displaces, replaces or supplants said crisis.
@movingpicutres99 3 ай бұрын
Eeeeek! Women conceive children=get pregnant. But it is usually men who buy red sports cars when they have midlife crises.
@stephenwalker2924 Ай бұрын
Women grow, carry and birth offspring. But both parents (sperm meets egg) conceive a child. Most sensible adults (and most smart children) understand this simple concept.
@sandaruravihari8499 3 ай бұрын
great video! learned a lot
@williamfoote75 3 ай бұрын
I feel like we should be making a bigger deal about the linking verbs in a spiritual sense.
@andrev5992 3 ай бұрын
Very helpful.
@DarkDefender1024 3 ай бұрын
It seems awfully disingenuous to do a literary critique of a personal note to the readers, which doesn't appear to be an actual part of the core narrative of the memoir.
@realhousewifeoftransylvania1.0 3 ай бұрын
Ohh please, you sound like a jealous beeatch😂 Don't be a hater, dear...
@AbidTaladar-jb8yb 3 ай бұрын
Sir how to improve written style
@mariahmollel1258 3 ай бұрын
Josh is so good
@dhemann 3 ай бұрын
How i get order this book from Bangladesh ?
@cosmoetica 3 ай бұрын
You called a bad poem by a hack bad, which is good, then a horrible poem by a doggerelist good, which is bad. I'd like to think this video and idiot are just trolling, but I know they're not. In honor of this horror, a cliche: those who can, do. Those who can't, teach, or propagate bad video content.
@griffinkirkland9087 3 ай бұрын
thank you for making youtube awesome
@BetterThanNada1 3 ай бұрын
Instead of buying a red corvette, I conceived a child at age 40, implies the child was 40 when it was conceived. Might it be better to say, Instead of buying a red corvette, at age 40 I conceived a child?
@stephenwalker2924 Ай бұрын
Everyone knows it is impossible to have a baby who would be middle-aged at birth. There is no such thing as an old baby; that oxymoron is self-contradictory. Babies by definition are young: newborn. So the implied meaning you describe does not exist. Not a problem.
@BetterThanNada1 Ай бұрын
@@stephenwalker2924 It depends on what genre you're writing. :-)
@stephenwalker2924 Ай бұрын
@@BetterThanNada1 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?
@BetterThanNada1 Ай бұрын
@@stephenwalker2924 Precisely. :-)
@Polyester_Avalanche 3 ай бұрын
"Subtract, subtract, subtract." What a minimalist.
@brittenyevans1101 4 ай бұрын
Sometimes youtube is annoying and sometimes youtube is a blessing....and honestly, stumbling upon this channel was a blessing.
@tekannon7803 4 ай бұрын
What an amazing thing words are and how putting them in just the right way can make them into wisdom.
@SanghmitraaSisodiya 4 ай бұрын
I know you! You are that minimalist guy 🔥
@corley-ai 4 ай бұрын
How could that sentence NOT be improved?
@purpose_crafter 4 ай бұрын
how to write a book from start and should i have to write my own what we call that comes before introduction and so main question is should i have to write every page in my book and where to publish my book
@samilentrau1324 4 ай бұрын
I want my poetry hideous. I want it to disgust those who judge. I want to confuse you and other critics. I want to write ugly words that only resonate to five people or whatever
@anime8798 3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@Tommy_007 4 ай бұрын
Instead of receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature, I studied forty videos about elegant sentences.
@anthonycosentino463 4 ай бұрын
I hate the word Almost. So damn overused.
@BrandonCase 4 ай бұрын
Confidence like wallpaper over a hole. Shark eyes do go white. They evolved a special mechanism to protect their eyeballs from the turbulent water as they thrash. Similar with most of the critiques on Brown. Like heave, where I believe you're conflating the noun and verb usage, the former having more (but not exclusive) connotation toward pulling. And I'd argue his use of more distant perspective and blunt language in the prologue probably had the desired effect on his mass-market readers.
@Kevinakletva 2 ай бұрын
da vinci code book is crap compare to "Night in Zagreb" series by Adam Medvidović. Check on google - "Once Upona A book" - Ouora book forum - readers already declared it as the book of the century
@sethrakes1991 4 ай бұрын
My new favorite affirmation: I AM THE SPICY SOUP!
@SUPER_ORION 4 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤ thank you.
@mauriceslevines6100 4 ай бұрын
You are not simply imagining things. The poetry is that bad.
@gracee4910 4 ай бұрын
this video is so ridiculous
@philipmcluskey6805 4 ай бұрын
another 'writer' who doesn't understand poetry tells us what is good and bad poetry???