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hiromichi
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 Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:19 pm Post subject: bribe the guards to feed you some gruel |
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What does tha captioned phrase mean?
When you do a lot of writing, editing your own work is a fact of life. But it’s hard to keep perspective when editing your own work; you get caught in your head, pound the walls trying to get out, and eventually have to bribe the guards to feed you some gruel. It isn’t pretty.
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: bribe the guards to feed you some gruel |
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| hiromichi wrote: |
What does tha captioned phrase mean?
When you do a lot of writing, editing your own work is a fact of life. But it’s hard to keep perspective when editing your own work; you get caught in your head, pound the walls trying to get out, and eventually have to bribe the guards to feed you some gruel. It isn’t pretty. |
It just emphasizes the idea of "pounding the walls trying to get out". If you were a captive somewhere and had someone guarding you, and you were hungry with no food, you might try to bribe them (if you had anything to bribe them with!) to bring you some gruel (which is a very unappetizing and cheap kind of food.) |
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Lorikeet:
I got it. Thank you.
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