A Conversation for Writing Right with Dmitri: Inviting Reader Sympathy

Emotions

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SashaQ - happysad

This reminded me of an article I read recently, reviewing a biography that imposed emotions on its subject http://newrepublic.com/article/76235/the-prose-and-the-passion - I particularly noted the word 'glorious'...

It is a challenging path to tread, to bring out strong detail without waving it in the reader's face but equally not giving the impression that the detail is trivial when it is strong...

As a reader, I find it fairly easy to see when something is being waved in my face as it irritates, but as a writer I perhaps rely more on 'if in doubt, leave it out' to avoid strong details rather than tackling them... My biography of Quentin Crisp A87922100 was that sort of challenge...


Emotions

Post 2

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

>>the twilight of the sexual ancien régime.<< smiley - rofl

I love it. But you're right. I thought you did great with Quentin Crisp, and he's hard to describe if you haven't seen one of the Hurt films.

I notice how the concept of 'only connect' was an extremely nerdy idea lassoed in service of a very practical one. You wonder how that was supposed to work. smiley - rofl


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