--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Clinton"
<clinton65@...> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of shadowkobun
>
> > How many noir/hard-boiled books do you
think
> > you've read?
>
> Too many to remember.
Then there is the reverse effect: thinking that you've read
something when you haven't. This happened to me recently with
a couple of John D.'s old paperbacks. I had the titles
confused! Memory is the engine of fiction. Don't invent,
remember "the facts"!
On memory: I have the strong suspicion that the main problem
is not misremembering but mismemorizing. It has happened to
me with quotes and titles. I just memorized them wrong and
didn't find out until much later, usually when I came across
the quote and found a mismatch. Particularly noticeable in
poetry. My brain must have subconsciously wanted to fix the
damn poem...
Best,
mrt
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