From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   A. Tina Hall  wrote:   
      
   > >> And then I found some of those books about writing fiction and it   
   > >> dawned on me that there were a catalog of things that needed to be   
   > >> controlled.  That was when I thought, "Holy shit!  This is like   
   > >> another degree program."  And then I knew it was ridiculous that I   
   > >> could have ever thought it would be anything else.   
   >   
   > Maybe he's stuck on the things those books say 'need' to be   
   > 'controlled'.   
      
   That does seem possible.  I think if I tried to think about all that   
   stuff I would get stuck. :)   
      
   But then William and I clearly work very differently.  I also don't   
   really get the whole "Do you understand what I am trying to do here?"   
   question.  Why does the reader need to understand what you are trying to   
   do?  For that matter, when am I ever trying to do anything that could be   
   misunderstood?  Not only do I not know how to answer the question, I   
   don't seem to even understand it.  ::rueful::   
      
   If it were me asking the questions, they would be "How did you react to   
   this?"  or maybe "Did you feel that you understood why the characters   
   were behaving as they did?"   Or "Did anything here confuse you?"   
      
      
      
      
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