Wright Thompson : Letters From Augusta

[Boom_70]

Thompson is doing a letter from Augusta each day of the Masters. Each one is a treasure so far. Here is link to the first:

http://espn.go.com/golf/blog/_/name/augusta/id/6299821/greetings-veranda

You can find the others at ESPN pg 2. Well worth the time.

 

[Clerk Typist]

Nice, but wasn't it Tuesday morning?

 

[slappy4428]

Nice, but wasn't it Tuesday morning?

Maybe he was sitting with Mateen Cleaves and Jason Richardson.

 

[imjustagirl]

I don't understand the point.

 

[goalmouth]

Give me one Dan Jenkins tweet and I won't have to read anything else for the day.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Glad to see he's done covering Cricket.

 

[Pringle]

He's going a little different direction with the first person. I like it.

 

[MrHavercamp]

Waxing poetic about Augusta. Yeah, that's a new take. Wonder what the poor people are doing?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Those are tremendous.

 

[Azrael]

The rest.

http://espn.go.com/golf/blog/_/name/augusta

 

[Clerk Typist]

Nice, but wasn't it Tuesday morning?

Duh. I see by the papers yesterday was Wednesday. Then again, when a Ross Fisher is leading the Masters toonamint, I don't even know what year it is.

 

[Boom_70]

The rest.

http://espn.go.com/golf/blog/_/name/augusta

Great stuff. Az thx for posting.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Those are about as good an example of successful short-form writing as I've seen in some time.

 

[93Devil]

I'm guessing he has good, consistant mangement that allows him to thrive as writer.

When it seems like the people calling the shots are bi-polar or throw tantrums like a toddler, then the entire process suffers.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I'm guessing he has good, consistant mangement that allows him to thrive as writer.

I don't doubt it, but that's a credit to him. He was smart and aware enough, I'm guessing, from an early age to place himself into situations that would best enable him to succeed and grow. That doesn't mean just finding editors who let you do whatever you want, by the way. It also means finding editors who, at the same time, reign you in. But reign you in the right way, not just, "Inverted pyramid or die!" It's a tough balance. If I can think of analogy, it would be like trying to add muscle and lose fat at the same time.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Thompson has proven he's talented in any format. But I want to add, these pieces are also a good example of how a writer can be eloquent with relatively few words and without being "writerly" in any way.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Did ESPN show-talk about him during yesterday's broadcast?
I walked in and it looked like a shot of him standing along the fairway. But I missed what was said.

 

[JackReacher]

Big fan of these postcard things. Especially the one about the pimento cheese. 100% chance I use his grandmother's recipe. Soon.

 

[Alma]

The pimento cheese dispatch is endearing and funny.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Big fan of these postcard things. Especially the one about the pimento cheese. 100% chance I use his grandmother's recipe. Soon.

That was a gorgeous collection of paragraphs.