An adage to throw around: "Shaken, not stirred." An easy description of the checkpoints of bad writing.
I like this, but I will say that it's also partly a reflection of the reader and the text; if the two are mismatched, there is going to be a disconnect, and the reader will often not find the work compelling, even if other readers clearly do.
Actually, I started something that got too long, but will post; I don't think Bethke is wrong; I just don't think he's seeing the whole picture.
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Date: 2008-04-01 03:24 am (UTC)I like this, but I will say that it's also partly a reflection of the reader and the text; if the two are mismatched, there is going to be a disconnect, and the reader will often not find the work compelling, even if other readers clearly do.
Actually, I started something that got too long, but will post; I don't think Bethke is wrong; I just don't think he's seeing the whole picture.