From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   Brian M. Scott  wrote:   
      
   > > And thus my problem with "everything is decided".   
   >   
   > > How can anyone possibly know every line of dialog in   
   > > advance?   
   >   
   > They don't, of course.   
   ...   
   >(Mind you, I'm certainly not claiming that the   
   > analogy is perfect; I'm saying only that it gives me   
   > genuine insight into the reaction of that kind of writer.)   
      
   I can understand on an intellectual level, but my gut doesn't get it.   
      
   Maybe If I built a viewpoint character who operated that way, and then I   
   crawled into their head for a good long while,  it would register.   
      
      
      
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