> What I'm aiming at is that any writer needs the
sympathy of the
> reader. Bad writers don't do a very good job of
getting such sympathy,
> but the good ones usually do. Which is why
Shakespeare can hook you,
> and why Ross Macdonald can hook you. If you choose
to look at the
> carpentry of his writing, you could end up with a
nice paper, but
> that's several steps removed from the experience of
reading.
>
the problem arises when the carpentry diminishes the
architecture
and Shakespeare never fails to put me to sleep. I simply
don't live in that time
John Lau
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