True -- many good authors change things as they go along, sometimes because of what the characters do, and sometimes because of what the plot demands.
My big problem with LKH saying that is that A) she uses it as an excuse for anything people might not like, such as that horrible early sex scene in "Blood Noir." Ohh, it's not my fault, Jason and Anita decided to have sex and I had no choice in the matter!
B) she uses it as part of the Great Artiste Who Writes In Her Own Blood, because that's how Devoted She Is To Her Art! Which, incidentally, is a sign that she is not a great artist, because the true greats do not and have not had to notify us that, oh by the way THEY SUFFER AGONIES FOR THEIR GREAT GROUNDBREAKING STORIES! Oh woe!
C) she actually seems to mean it, which smacks more of mental illness than devotion to one's craft.
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Date: 2007-10-22 08:24 pm (UTC)My big problem with LKH saying that is that
A) she uses it as an excuse for anything people might not like, such as that horrible early sex scene in "Blood Noir." Ohh, it's not my fault, Jason and Anita decided to have sex and I had no choice in the matter!
B) she uses it as part of the Great Artiste Who Writes In Her Own Blood, because that's how Devoted She Is To Her Art! Which, incidentally, is a sign that she is not a great artist, because the true greats do not and have not had to notify us that, oh by the way THEY SUFFER AGONIES FOR THEIR GREAT GROUNDBREAKING STORIES! Oh woe!
C) she actually seems to mean it, which smacks more of mental illness than devotion to one's craft.