It also seems like what's 'emotional reaction' and what's 'fact' can sometimes get muddled when we're talking about a character's emotions, especially if the character's emotions are ambiguous or non-standard-- I guess that's what I meant.
It also tends to get muddled in the writer's heart and mind, I think. This is why you're right, imo, when you say that the writer cannot just state, 'this is going to happen in the future' as long as they haven't actually written it. Because everybody who ever tried to string a few sentences together to make a story knows of the phenomenon of 'the story taking over'. You may want to write this, but the 'story' (a.k.a. your own subconscious) wants it like *that*.
Also, I'm convinced that Manna cannot really write a psychopath - because she is not one. It's the same with JKR telling us that Hermione is some kind of genius. JKR may think so, but Hermione is not written like that because JKR isn't one herself (well, not in the scholarly sense ;-)).
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2006-12-03 09:48 am (UTC)It also tends to get muddled in the writer's heart and mind, I think. This is why you're right, imo, when you say that the writer cannot just state, 'this is going to happen in the future' as long as they haven't actually written it. Because everybody who ever tried to string a few sentences together to make a story knows of the phenomenon of 'the story taking over'. You may want to write this, but the 'story' (a.k.a. your own subconscious) wants it like *that*.
Also, I'm convinced that Manna cannot really write a psychopath - because she is not one. It's the same with JKR telling us that Hermione is some kind of genius. JKR may think so, but Hermione is not written like that because JKR isn't one herself (well, not in the scholarly sense ;-)).
Lonicera
P.S. Oh, btw, here via MF - hope that's okay?