On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Caroline Ann Seawright wrote:

That's what I was getting at. It doesn't seem ... right. And it just
leaves the reader going "What the smeg is going on?!?" ... and unless
that was what the story was MEANT to do, then the REAL point of the
story is useless.

	You still haven't told me why it mattered what the story was 
MEANT to do.  Doesn't it matter more what it DOES?

	(BTW: What _if_ the story were *meant* to be like that?)


	I also really like that idea of stories having Use Value.  What a 
novel notion.  And here I thought fiction was interesting and fun for its 
own sake.  I learn new things every day, I guess.

CHL