Writing as viewed by writer: “My journey of self-discovery through time, sometimes forking into branches and merging back, with occassional windy bits and switchbacks, but still, upward and onward”
Writing as viewed by reader: “pile of crap with that one thing I kinda liked”
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One good reason to write detective fiction in a fixed world with a sidekick viewpoint character who grows is to harmonize reader/writer experiences
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The Gervais Principle series of essays supremely influenced me in 2011, made me realize why I didn't have equity in Vostu, outmaneuvered by sociopaths! I tried to adopt sociopath powers aspirationally, but it wasn't a good fit for my personality. You've been highly influential.
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