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How does one create what one sees in the mind? And then project one's emotions onto the creation?
And once created, can one do this over and over again, copying and repeating, like the artist above, for the thousands who want this One Statue?
;-)
Those are just questions that wander into my mind as I ponder the photo above. Heavy stuff, but still relevant for an author writing a series.
There is no "recipe" to follow, like a favorite dessert by a favorite pastry chef. It's similar, yet it's not. I know I tend to go back to the same pastry store because I want to get THAT particular torte that tastes sooooo damn good that no other place seems to be able to duplicate.
But in the art of writing, the reader goes back expecting the same flavor, yet looking for MORE. Yet, sometimes, adding more can change the flavor, and then the reader will tell you, "no, no, nononononono, that's not right. That's not the SAME character. He/She wouldn't have done that."
Our tastebuds, it seems, have exacting memories.
So what is the artist to do? He can:
1) Be like the artist in the picture above, patiently recreating the same statue over and over
2) Be like the artist in the picture above, adding a slight variation in expressions, only noticeable to discerning buyers
3) Be like the artist in the picture above, in the mode of auto-recreation where the art is lost among the statues
I pick the picture and the thought, you decide! ;-)
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Spies Are All Alike, Right?
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I have been thinking about this all afternoon and keep going back to my original answer. I like option 2 - I like the favorite people in my books to change over time, just like I do. Where the changes might big huge to me, but to someone who has not learned to love them would not be noticeable at all.
Whew! deep thought of the day done :)
Leiha's Nancy
LOL, SQ, Good to know you share your secrets here! Mets totally suck, you're right. Heehee. I'm even more against them now because Tom Glavine defected to them several years ago. Traitor! Traitor! Anywhere but the Mets, traitor!!!!! ;-P
Actually for the AL, I'm all for the Dodger Podgers this year. Why? Because they HAVE ALL my Braves boys, that's why!!! LOL. That team should be called the LA Braves.
Yankees are going to implode like the heat of a thousand suns!
(sending you red sox for winter)
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Nancy,
Thank you for taking the time yesterday to think about this question! I've been mulling it too because there are so many series in the romance world now and I'm still learning the process of how those wonderful authors achieve their balance. Although, like you, I like #2, there are some who has chosen #3 and seem pretty successful at it too.
I love series, don't you?
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