In a message dated 3/19/08 12:00:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> As you > suggest many storytellers have an awareness of method for producing tension > or impact, just not specifics, but I think have a general idea leads one to > specifics. The general never really leaves its particulars behind. > Alas, this is flatly untrue. Believe it: many editors, directors and teachers have had a deep understanding of "the general", and many of them tried to write -- novels, plays, both. As a book publisher I saw numerous manuscripts from such people -- oh, so well-constructed, well-made: and dead as balsa wood. Indeed, I used the phrase "an editor's novel" frequently to convey to colleagues the difficulty with yet another submission from a college prof, and even from editors-in-chief of major New York houses. You yourelf probably had a college English-teacher whose knowledge of the sonnet-form was awesome. But I bet he couldn't write one worth a damn. Do you remember the movie "Chariots of Fire", and the track-coach Sam Mussabini? He knew more than any other coach about "the general" components of fast running, so he could teach it -- but he couldn't do it. ************** Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00 030000000001)
