From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   William Vetter  wrote:   
      
   > > The truth is that a "typical reader" doesn't want to be made to feel   
   > > stupid or be asked to *work* when they sit down to read a book.   
      
      
   > When I think about diction levels in my writing, I don't resent the   
   > reader as being lazy or stupid; I ask myself whether I am blitzing him.   
      
   When I think about diction levels in my writing, I'm usually not   
   thinking about the reader at all.  I'm thinking about the character I am   
   writing as.   
      
      
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