Kevin Burton Smith wrote:
>
> Or when they claim for themselves intentions
attributed to them
> after-the-fact by critics.
Sometimes (quite often) writers are working at a subconsious
level, and an astute critic will point out these themes that
are developed at that level. It doesn't mean it was
accidental, and it doesn't mean that the author wasn't
responsible for it. Of course sometimes critics will see
stuff that was never intended--consciously or subconsciously,
and sometimes critics are just dense and lazy in their
reading, preprejudiced by their own assumptions and will see
whatever they want to see (example, a fairly well-known
critic who wrote me a note explaining that he quit halfway
through Fast Lane because my PI was making him uncomfortable,
that I need to learn how to make my PIs more likeable)
> I have no doubt writers (or at least the better
ones) do have
certain
> intentions when writing a book beyond merely moving
units.
I would tend to think that most if not all writers understand
what they're doing and what themes/intentions are being
worked into their books--again either at a conscious or
subconscious level. If you'd like to imply otherwise, how
about some examples instead of these blanket
statements?
--Dave Zeltserman
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