tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post6791654053723882405..comments2024-03-28T01:11:53.559-07:00Comments on Electric Spec Editor Blog: More on Settinglesleylsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872977902924014581noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-36500508322170068632009-03-30T08:59:00.000-07:002009-03-30T08:59:00.000-07:00IMHO you did just confuse the issue. :)IMHO you did just confuse the issue. :)lesleylsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872977902924014581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-62637896570508890082009-03-30T08:00:00.000-07:002009-03-30T08:00:00.000-07:00maybe by "broadly representative" Maass means that...maybe by "broadly representative" Maass means that we can identify with a detailed setting rather than the details. Sure, we might not go to that particular grocer who has pictures, but we have one where the checker always wears oxygen and we worry about her lifting the gallon of milk over the scanner. So I can easily envision their grocer and the connection they feel to somewhere they go often. <BR/><BR/>Or did that just confuse the issue?ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-38217816102806140862009-03-25T16:45:00.000-07:002009-03-25T16:45:00.000-07:00I hear you, writtenwyrdd! I think we all have a b...I hear you, writtenwyrdd! I think we all have a big bunch of books in our to-be-read pile. :)lesleylsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872977902924014581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-78887275114591456132009-03-25T09:57:00.000-07:002009-03-25T09:57:00.000-07:00Writing must evoke a reaction in the reader (prefe...Writing must evoke a reaction in the reader (preferably the one you want them to have!) so 'broadly representative' doesn't make any sense to me. <BR/><BR/>Filtering the description through the pov character is smart, allowing the reader to identify with the character more.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing. I keep thinking I should read this book, but I haven't finished reading most of the other books on writing I have.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.com