On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Andrew Huang wrote:

  This is something applicable to writers of all types, not just anime
fanfickers....

	Three major "good writing" types.

<snip> 

  Of course, these are not exclusive, not in the least. For example--
Chris is also an epic writer--Together Again, for example. He combines
that with his skills at "painting" for truly marvelous work. For RpM, 
TMTC and TPOH are epic-scale works, too. And John Biles can also evoke
moods brilliantly--"The Kiss", for one. And when you can get someone who
does all three, well...I'd give that one to Terry Pratchett. Heh. As for
myself..."forging" is probably the one I can do best--it's what makes
NGEjd better than my previous things--and I've managed to call up a
strong mood in my angsty pieces, sometimes. I have yet to really do both
together, though. And grand epics are just beyond me. I wish I could....

  Any more types? Any comments?

I *really* like the three types there . . . I'm going to hang onto this.
My question, though, is whether you can think of any cases - on the
Internet or in the library or bookstore - when the author uses more than
one of these methods at once. The masterpiece, I think, would be the work
which uses all three techniques.

Gee . . . now I feel like *I'm* ready to go back to writing. Now, let's
see if I can find that @&#%*^% disk. -.-

				Tim Miller
					trmiller@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us