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<blockquote data-quote="Sialia" data-source="post: 2619193" data-attributes="member: 1025"><p>Also, Macbeth--that was "worry" in the good sense. In the event I am judged worthy to face you in a later round, I'm worried.</p><p></p><p>What I most like in a story, apart from good characters and clever dialogue and a plot that respects the intelligence of the audience, is that it should add up to soemthing. It should be <em>about</em> something--not just about what happened, but why I should care about what has happened in the story. The sort of a something that is true--the whole story can be fluff and fantasy, but if what it is about it true, then it moves to a higher level. You got there. </p><p></p><p>I had trouble getting to the fantasy part this round--I've been so grounded in reality lately (Katrina has taken me past the bounds of all fictional horror, steampunk, cyberpunk, government conspiracy, crime, science fiction, historical fantasy--reality sometimes makes fiction seem really shabby) -- it's been hard to get loose to the level where metaphors turn into funhouse mirrors to see ourselves differently in, or even to where illusions become safe havens from stress. Or to where humor takes the edge off of pain.</p><p></p><p> RangerWickett didn't have any trouble doing it all, of course. Thank goodness, one way or another, I won't have to face <em>him </em> again this season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sialia, post: 2619193, member: 1025"] Also, Macbeth--that was "worry" in the good sense. In the event I am judged worthy to face you in a later round, I'm worried. What I most like in a story, apart from good characters and clever dialogue and a plot that respects the intelligence of the audience, is that it should add up to soemthing. It should be [I]about[/I] something--not just about what happened, but why I should care about what has happened in the story. The sort of a something that is true--the whole story can be fluff and fantasy, but if what it is about it true, then it moves to a higher level. You got there. I had trouble getting to the fantasy part this round--I've been so grounded in reality lately (Katrina has taken me past the bounds of all fictional horror, steampunk, cyberpunk, government conspiracy, crime, science fiction, historical fantasy--reality sometimes makes fiction seem really shabby) -- it's been hard to get loose to the level where metaphors turn into funhouse mirrors to see ourselves differently in, or even to where illusions become safe havens from stress. Or to where humor takes the edge off of pain. RangerWickett didn't have any trouble doing it all, of course. Thank goodness, one way or another, I won't have to face [I]him [/I] again this season. [/QUOTE]
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