At some indefinable point, Kees summoned the nerve, denied to weaker writers, to strip down the workings of his talent and see what functioned best.
He was a postmodern visionary, argued Wood, but not one mired in "the metafictional self-consciousness of weak postmodern writers" such as Paul Auster or Umberto Eco.
When they expected a sketch to lean a tad weak, the writers learned to tuck in a "KENAN REACTS" line to the script.
This week's most era-defining new films, defined by this era's weakest film writers.
Even the weakest thriller writer would surely look at this plot and dismiss it as absurd.
The consequence is that the book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, which remain commendably faithful to the movie, make their mark – and the story, which is basically about the entrapment of a weak-willed writer in an ageing star's dreams, retains its darkness.
Grace Nicole Kidmann), an innocent in a fur collar, shows up pursued by gangsters and throws herself on the mercy of the town; Tom Paul Bettanyy), a weak, genteelly moralizing writer, steps forward to help her.
And the results of our weakest readers and writers also remain a real concern.
Some believe that an "unbalanced" comparison - that is, when the essay focuses predominantly on one of the two issues, and gives less importance to the other - is weaker, and that writers should strive for 50/50 treatment of the texts or issues being examined.
Their writers were weak and vulnerable just like we were".
