Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Oct 25 2007
On letting one's work speak for itself
I must admit that I share some of Jeffrey Weiss' feelings concerning Dumbledore. If J. K. Rowling isn't planning to write any more about these characters, why does she toss out tidbits that interfere with a reader's sense of ownership of his or her own imagination? The whole tactic seems almost like ego enhancement, as though she fears that her characters have now outshadowed her. It's seems very odd and I simply can't understand how it would endear her to readers.
posted at: 08:47 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I must admit that I share some of Jeffrey Weiss' feelings concerning Dumbledore. If J. K. Rowling isn't planning to write any more about these characters, why does she toss out tidbits that interfere with a reader's sense of ownership of his or her own imagination? The whole tactic seems almost like ego enhancement, as though she fears that her characters have now outshadowed her. It's seems very odd and I simply can't understand how it would endear her to readers.
posted at: 08:47 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
