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Saxony Tarn · 08-27-2002, 04:30 PM

ooh -- a nice deep debate going on here! Welcome to all the new faces; this round's on me...

As for getting into a character's head, with reference to my previous posts (and the bit of story i posted some pages back) i'm just going to sit and grin while i see how long it takes ol' BD the Stubborn to quit arguing with his ego, conscience, and id and figure out that his objective is to dredge the river. Since it was INTENDED to have its intellectual delvings, my main concern is that it's clear to the reader that those POV shifts are coming from the inside-the-skull cam & microphone so he/she doesn't get confused. Ideally, it should read like you're eavesdropping on his inner deliberations.

Doubly so, if while you're reading it, you entertain the notion that, yeah, that character i've purloined might actually behave in X, Y, or Z manner when confronted with A B & C situations, then i've done my job right.

But three pages of describing ONE injury -- i think we have a new record! (Beat out Tolkien's one page to describe a tree!) Especially if it was the author describing it for any reason OTHER than the coroner's report...

a toast!

|_|) <-- skoal!

08-27-2002, 04:30 PM	#11
Saxony Tarn Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a western shore Posts: 132	ooh -- a nice deep debate going on here! Welcome to all the new faces; this round's on me... As for getting into a character's head, with reference to my previous posts (and the bit of story i posted some pages back) i'm just going to sit and grin while i see how long it takes ol' BD the Stubborn to quit arguing with his ego, conscience, and id and figure out that his objective is to dredge the river. Since it was INTENDED to have its intellectual delvings, my main concern is that it's clear to the reader that those POV shifts are coming from the inside-the-skull cam & microphone so he/she doesn't get confused. Ideally, it should read like you're eavesdropping on his inner deliberations. Doubly so, if while you're reading it, you entertain the notion that, yeah, that character i've purloined might actually behave in X, Y, or Z manner when confronted with A B & C situations, then i've done my job right. But three pages of describing ONE injury -- i think we have a new record! (Beat out Tolkien's one page to describe a tree!) Especially if it was the author describing it for any reason OTHER than the coroner's report... a toast! \|_\|) <-- skoal! __________________ <-- who, me? Take the Ring? Betray the Fellowship?? Nah -- couldn't be ME, i'm too cute...