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Topic subjectRE: BENDIGO SHAFTER - COMPROMISE
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1097, RE: BENDIGO SHAFTER - COMPROMISE
Posted by blamour, Wed Apr-07-21 07:43 PM
One should always separate the voice of a character from the voice of the author. One is NOT the other ...

In MY opinion good writing is always open to interpretation. It is intentionally vague. LL was a master at this. That doesn't mean that it is without detail, but that detail is judiciously applied, just enough to be convincing, not enough to get in the way of the audience's imagination and thus compromise their ability to became a co-creator in the experience of reading.

My take is that when characters speak they only speak for themselves. What they say may or may not be the true feelings of the author. If an audience member chooses to learn something from what is written, the audience member needs to realize that the words just guide all members of the audience in a GENERAL direction. Each reader takes their own path and reaches their own conclusion.

Art is not about what the artist expresses, it is about what it makes you, the audience member, THINK and FEEL.