1)
How many writers, asked a friend
(with a cheeky twinkle in his eye)
does it take to change a light bulb?
That's a dim-wit's question, I said
You should ask:
*How many times will a writer
change the same light bulb?*
2)
My non-writer friend
(his twinkle now dull, then dead)
scratched his head
and to enlighten him I shed some light
on the subject:
*A writer edits and changes
their work many times
to get it perfect;
and so the same thing happens
when you make a writer change the bulb*
No, my friend did not appreciate
the illumination
Sep 28, 2014
Sep 28, 2014 at 1:15 AM UTC
1)
How many writers, asked a friend
(with a cheeky twinkle in his eye)
does it take to change a light bulb?
That's a dim-wit's question, I said
You should ask:
*How many times will a writer
change the same light bulb?*
2)
My non-writer friend
(his twinkle now dull, then dead)
scratched his head
and to enlighten him I shed some light
on the subject:
*A writer edits and changes
their work many times
to get it perfect;
and so the same thing happens
when you make a writer change the bulb*
No, my friend did not appreciate
the illumination
above poem is a variation on that line of joke: "How many --------- does it take to change a light bulb?" - this one as applied to writers
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