Mike wrote:
>and more directly in response to your post, there was
and
>is a veil between you and the characters often.
hemingway
>rarely states what a character is thinking. you
have
>to pick up on the undercurrent to know what the heck
is
>going on.
I agree with this, and I'm not necessarily saying it's bad;
it works for me in "Hills" and in the "Short and Happy Life"
story, it just doesn't work for me, personally, in a novel
length. I tend to like the point of view character to be
fairly open about his/her emotions - in the narration, not
necessarily to other characters - but I know some people who
see this as whining or navel gazing and hate it. Sometimes it
really just comes down to taste. I think he's a good writer,
just a good writer who doesn't interest me very much.
Carrie
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