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   From: rattle@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <4037AE50.7050006@texas.net>, firstinitiallastname@texas.net says...   
      
   >But, if you can get the "smell" of the time and   
   >place through research, you'll get the correct tone that will show   
   >thoughout your work.   
      
   My point was, I don't know how anyone unfamiliar   
   with a place can get the "smell" of it without   
   actually visiting the area. I'll use an example   
   here that may or may not be valid. Let's assume   
   our poster lives in Germany, where there is a   
   great deal of interest in "old west" lore. Let's   
   assume that this German wishes to write about   
   the "old west" without ever having been there.   
   The reasons for their interest has much more to   
   do with reading about it, or more likely having   
   seen "oaters" over time, than it does with their   
   having any factual information. In which case   
   they might just as well "invent" a fantasy world   
   that is purely fictional rather than try and   
   construct a "quasi-real" world based on answers   
   to questions posted to this forum.   
      
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