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Adam Dumphy
Adam Dumphy is known as Uncle Grumpy to an assorted and exotic group of nephews, nieces, and cousins, relatives near and far, numerous in-laws, probably a few out-laws and a few fr...view moreAdam Dumphy is known as Uncle Grumpy to an assorted and exotic group of nephews, nieces, and cousins, relatives near and far, numerous in-laws, probably a few out-laws and a few friends.
And it is for a reason.
He husbands his cheerful for the days when he writes.
And for a good reason.
The reason has to do with the concept of creative writing.
Creativity is a subject much nattered about in those who spend most of their time scribbling. In fact he has argued bitterly with three writing courses and six writing instructors about this
He belongs to the school that feels that biographies, histories, and textbooks generally, self help, economics and scientific books etc, are not creative writing. The author of such tomes simply repeats something he has read and repeats it and others in a longer form.
True creativity must be something made out of whole cloth. Locations, persons and events that have origin totally in the writer's mind and which he transmits into the written word.
Writers do not write to be disliked. They write to be admired. How can one be admired who transcribes violence, mayhem and overly detailed sex into print? Why leave the reader depressed and gloomy or with the shakes? How much better it is to give the reader a laugh, a smile, a lift.
That is what he tries to do.view less