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But rather than just explaining here's a quiz that might point you in the right direction:
1. There was a definite format to the story: what was it?
2. The format was a homage to one of sailing's great story tellers: who?
3. Tillerman wondered if it was all a shaggy dog story: there wasn't even a single dog involved, but if there had been how many legs would he have had?
If you're very lucky I might even tell the (true) story of how JP ended up going to Greenland with three Disney princesses.
It's either Melville or Homer. Or perhaps Erskine Childers.
ReplyDeleteReally I have no idea!
Nope, but here's a clue: have a look back at the book reviews
ReplyDeleteI am struggling to recognize what to make of your clues about "format."
ReplyDeleteThere is a certain structure to each tale. About 6-8 short paragraphs, often with 1 or 2 one line paragraphs.
Is that what you are getting at? Is it some author who writes that way?
Maybe structure would be a better word, with units = posts.
ReplyDeleteMaybe worth giving clue #2: Look though those posts with label "Books" and those with label "Greenland"
Tristan Jones?
ReplyDeleteQ2: Correct!
ReplyDeleteThat should also give the answer to Q3 but can you also get Q1?
It was the dog that gave me the clue to Tristan. Three legs.
ReplyDeleteStill thinking about the format!
Did each post contain one incident from Tristan's book - something that may or may not have been fiction?
ReplyDeleteFirst part of the answer is wrong but the second part of the answer on the right lines
ReplyDeleteI'm really struggling with this. A lot of your "yarn" is clearly a retelling of what actually happened on your Greenland voyage. But you have also added other stuff that is often hard to believe.
ReplyDeleteDoes each post contain one thing that you totally made up?
Close enough.
ReplyDeleteThe basic idea was alternate non-fiction / fiction posts.
The first mostly true until the last line which would lead to a wholly fictional second post.
This came from reading Tristan Jones where some stories were almost certainly made up.
Duh. Good quiz. I should have spotted that!
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