Re: two rats

From: Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu>
Date: Thu Aug 29 2002 - 02:34:38 EDT

That's what I said, Levi, in the second sentence. "It's always a reflection of
yourself somehow."

So what are you arguing with? :)

See, if the characters an author creates could be similar to their own
personalities, an invented alter-ego, or based upon some jerk in a supermarket
that the author met some time back....how do the readers know which of these is
being reflected in the author's fiction? Somehow I think the alter-ego or the
characters similar to the author's own personality are much more like looking up
the author's skirt than the character that's based on a jerk the author happened
to meet in a supermarket one day. While everything is based upon the author's
personal experience, some of it is more personal than others.

Sometimes we're just looking at the author's left elbow and not at the author's
underwear. :)

But we can never really tell with much certainty which we're looking at.

Jim

lray wrote:

> Jim wrote:
>
> >After all, you're creating a character, not necessarily yourself, in a story.
> >It's always a reflection of yourself somehow, but how or why or in what way
> is
> >always up for grabs...
>
> But isn't everything one writes a manifestation of what they have read, seen,
> done, experienced? If this is so then everything we produce comes from a part
> of ourselves previously hidden.
> So you create a new character, could be similar to your own personality, could
> be an alter-ego you've never told anyone about, could be based on some jerk
> you met in the market a year ago who left a mark cause he bumped you the wrong
> way. I just think that Cecilia's statement about one being able to see up
> one's skirt for the women or the cross-dressers or our metaphorical underpants
> for us guys is pretty true. Having someone read something you've written and
> spent time on is like a first date, you are hoping to impress but your hopes
> aren't very high. Sweaty palms and underarms, that sort of thing. I can
> never be in the same room because I inevitably end up searching the person's
> face for any reaction whatsoever and end up riding a roller coaster of
> dissapointment and excitement.
> Ah well, my comment might be for naught but at least I am back talkin' on the
> list.
> A bit of a blurb...
> -Levi
>
> Check out my site at http://ruonthelevel.com/
> and if all else fails try http://ruonthelevel.no-ip.com/
>
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