On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Andrew Huang wrote:

The fifth type?  The non-fanfic fanfic writer.

	Um. I think you all are getting a little confused, here.
	My analysis is of types/styles of writing that grab and hold a
reader's attention, somehow. These aren't fanfic genres or anything....
Again, the three are the Epic Weaver (long, complicated, involved stories
that draw the reader in because of its wonderful complexity), the
Wordsmith (careful choice of words and word order for a biting effect,
such as humor or shock), and Mood Shaping (also a word choice one, but for
the effect of strongly conveying a general feeling, by using details and
emotive words). John Biles has put up a possible fourth, that of the
Author Character--self-insertion, of sorts. I'm still thinking that one
over.

No, no, no!  I'm talking an Author who focuses on characterization, rather
than on Mood or Word choice or Plot.  NOT an author who necessarily
engages in self-insertion.




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New CS Lewis Quote :)
"This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn.  We must play.
but our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest
kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each
other seriously--no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.  And out
charity must be a real and costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in
spite of which we love the sinner--no mere tolerance or indulgence which
parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment."
--The Weight of Glory