*Minor Digression* It's a pet peeve of mine when an author sets the rules and then breaks them for whatever reason. The laws that govern the world/abilities/magic should be immutable. We can't randomly decide that for the next five minutes gravity doesn't exist because it is inconvenient (extreme example but you get the idea) * End Digression*
Mine too. I think, though, there are often layers to a world; the things that are in the "now" of the universe, and seem immutable, and the things that are in the history of said universe, when things were very different.
Your audience still has expectations for your work but you may not be aware of them because your world view and personality determined in part how & what you write
I think that each person probably has expectations of the work, but are waiting to see what actually happens as things unfold, so in that sense, I don't feel any great pressure to change things, to alter the course of future history. I always think everything is obvious because -- as you say -- my writing is grounded in me.
The one complaints I get from people who have stopped reading are: 1. Nothing happens or 2. Too many @#$@%$! characters.
Unfortunately, the email I get from people who love them are 2. all the characters feel real and 3. don't make the books shorter 'cause you'll just cut all the character stuff.
So... I tend to listen to the inner muse. And at this point, cutting out almost all the viewpoints and focusing on just one would Tick Me Off, so I imagine it wouldn't really amuse anyone else whose read this far either.
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Date: 2004-10-21 04:18 pm (UTC)Mine too. I think, though, there are often layers to a world; the things that are in the "now" of the universe, and seem immutable, and the things that are in the history of said universe, when things were very different.
Your audience still has expectations for your work but you may not be aware of them because your world view and personality determined in part how & what you write
I think that each person probably has expectations of the work, but are waiting to see what actually happens as things unfold, so in that sense, I don't feel any great pressure to change things, to alter the course of future history. I always think everything is obvious because -- as you say -- my writing is grounded in me.
The one complaints I get from people who have stopped reading are: 1. Nothing happens or 2. Too many @#$@%$! characters.
Unfortunately, the email I get from people who love them are 2. all the characters feel real and 3. don't make the books shorter 'cause you'll just cut all the character stuff.
So... I tend to listen to the inner muse. And at this point, cutting out almost all the viewpoints and focusing on just one would Tick Me Off, so I imagine it wouldn't really amuse anyone else whose read this far either.