a.n.smith (ansmith@netdoor.com)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 23:10:49 -0600
> I'm struggling with this "world view" thing. On the
one hand, I get so
tired
> of having to read the author's opinion on social and
political issues. On
> the other hand, the protagonist's perspective can
really drive the plot.
When I say "Worldview," I don't mean the social and political
stuff, which I agree ruins a lot of fiction nowadays. I'm
thinking of the way the characters in Hammett and Cain looked
at their own lives and the world around them--the one they
lived in day by day. More about a personal take on human
existance, the gray areas of morality. Something that comes
across in the fiction and is compelling and relates to those
characters right there, right then.
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