#Art vs Invention
17-Aug-88 23:16:58
Sb: #6665-#Art vs Invention
Fm: Thomas Holaday 70407,534
To: JEFFREY C. DEGE 76426,211
Jeff,
I'd consider Dumas' works to be evidence for the argument that art doesn't
arise out of collaboration. Harlequin Romances, like the swashbuckling tales
of Dumas Pere, are written to formula. I certainly wouldn't dispute the
assertion that writing a Harlequin Romance is "99 percent perspiration and 1
percent inspiration."