From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
    wrote:   
   > 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. :)   
      
   Hah, yeah, I'd lose interest in writing!   
      
   I prefer to have some things I agree with absorbed into my subconscious.   
   Or even the opposite of what I disagree with.   
      
   > 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::   
      
   I'm with you there.   
      
   On the other hand, I can think of some things in my stories where I   
   wonder if anyone else sees it. But I think I'd more ask a 'did you see   
   ...' or notice someone's comment implying they didn't see whatever.   
      
   > 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?"   
      
   Thinking of the bit in question that I am trying to forget, maybe a   
   confused silence in response is at least a nicer response than those   
   questions would prompt. :)   
      
   (You know those images that people say are on the internet that you   
   can't un-see? Well, I keep forgetting them, and I know I looked at them   
   once or twice at least. Text however, man, can someone please invent a   
   scrub-your-brain-of-images-it-made-up-from-reading, please? I don't want   
   an image of a sick kitten in my head.)   
      
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