In a message dated 5/24/02 9:27:54 AM,
coggins@immortalgame.com writes:
<< Also, for what it's worth, I think it's one of the
hardest ways to write a
book. There are no "cheats" to convey emotion--you have to
work hard to give
the reader the sense of what the character is feeling without
telling him or
her outright >>
I agree, but it also makes it easier
for the writer who is trying to establish a dispassionate or
non-judgmental feeling to the telling of the story. Some of
the coldest serial killer tales are laid out this way and the
deeds convey the sense of horror.
Jim
Blue
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