Comments on: AN IMPERFECT SWORDSMAN • by Bill Ward http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/ The once a day flash fiction magazine. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:41:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: billwardwriter.com http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/comment-page-1/#comment-8892 billwardwriter.com Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:17:20 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/#comment-8892 [...] An Imperfect Swordsmen — My EDF debut, from a story I had been turning around in my mind for a while, ultimate origin unknown. Inspired by a half-remembered idea in Japanese Zen aesthetics, the notion of leaving a deliberate flaw in a piece of art to reflect the principal of the imperfection of all things. Just filter that through the idea of a duel between swordsmen, and you have ‘An Imperfect Swordsmen.’ Promo 2 Comments » [...] [...] An Imperfect Swordsmen — My EDF debut, from a story I had been turning around in my mind for a while, ultimate origin unknown. Inspired by a half-remembered idea in Japanese Zen aesthetics, the notion of leaving a deliberate flaw in a piece of art to reflect the principal of the imperfection of all things. Just filter that through the idea of a duel between swordsmen, and you have ‘An Imperfect Swordsmen.’ Promo 2 Comments » [...]

]]> By: billwardwriter.com » Blog Archive » Every Day Fiction: Six Months of Stories http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/comment-page-1/#comment-8878 billwardwriter.com » Blog Archive » Every Day Fiction: Six Months of Stories Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:17:30 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/#comment-8878 [...] An Imperfect Swordsmen — My EDF debut, from a story I had been turning around in my mind for a while, ultimate origin unknown. Inspired by a half-remembered idea in Japanese Zen aesthetics, the notion of leaving a deliberate flaw in a piece of art to reflect the principal of the imperfection of all things. Just filter that through the idea of a duel between swordsmen, and you have ‘An Imperfect Swordsmen.’ [...] [...] An Imperfect Swordsmen — My EDF debut, from a story I had been turning around in my mind for a while, ultimate origin unknown. Inspired by a half-remembered idea in Japanese Zen aesthetics, the notion of leaving a deliberate flaw in a piece of art to reflect the principal of the imperfection of all things. Just filter that through the idea of a duel between swordsmen, and you have ‘An Imperfect Swordsmen.’ [...]

]]> By: Bill Ward http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/comment-page-1/#comment-8582 Bill Ward Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:28:14 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/#comment-8582 Thank you Stephano -- it's good to know people are still reading this, and it's great that you took the time to comment. I'm flattered. You should go ahead and write your story anyway, though. I've found that even when I think I'm writing something that's already been done better a hundred times already, something a little fresh or different creeps in anyway. Thank you Stephano — it’s good to know people are still reading this, and it’s great that you took the time to comment. I’m flattered.

You should go ahead and write your story anyway, though. I’ve found that even when I think I’m writing something that’s already been done better a hundred times already, something a little fresh or different creeps in anyway.

]]> By: Stefano http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/comment-page-1/#comment-8566 Stefano Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:41:32 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/an-imperfect-swordsman-by-bill-ward/#comment-8566 wonderful. i was actually trying to write a story like this, but i wanted to do research on the idea. i stumbled upon this and i think this does more justice than i could ever do. wonderful. i was actually trying to write a story like this, but i wanted to do research on the idea. i stumbled upon this and i think this does more justice than i could ever do.

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