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" One unalterable rule that we had for the rendering of conversations — for genuine conversations that are an exchange of thought, not interrogatories or statements of fact — was that no speech of one character should ever answer the speech that goes... "
Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance - Page 201
by Ford Madox Ford - 1924 - 276 pages
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Critical Writings of Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford - Literary Collections - 1964 - 188 pages
...or 'very.' CONVERSATIONS One unalterable rule that we had for the rendering of conversations—for genuine conversations that are an exchange of thought,...you he has seen an incredibly coloured petunia at a market-gardener's, because you are dying to tell him that you have determined to turn author to the...
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Brüchiges Seemannsgarn: Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit im Werk Joseph Conrads

Julika Griem - 1995 - 348 pages
...should cvcr answer thc spcech that goes before it. This is almost invariably the case in real üfe where few people listen, because they are always preparing their own next Speeches.55 Mißt man "The Return" indessen nicht allein an der Norm James'scher Konversationskunst,...
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The Lie that Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction

John Dufresne - Art - 2003 - 324 pages
...of thought, not interrogatories or statements of fact — was that no speech of one character could ever answer the speech that goes before it. This is...they are always preparing their own next speeches." And Philip Larkin's poem "Talking in Bed" begins with, "Talking in bed ought to be easiest/ Lying together...
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