--- In [email protected], "Janet Luise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What a scary thought this topic is. > What I am is determined by how I write? Like poorly, in > fragments
I think you did very well. > This topic seems to be just for wordsmiths & that's fine That's mainly who it was aimed at; there are a few such warped individuals here. :-) > just remember > this media -- with no eye contact, no hands moving, no color > or texture is really limiting to many people But, if you think about it, how is that different from books? *Before* the films, if you ever read Tolkien's "Lord Of The Rings," didn't you have a fairly good idea of what Gandalf and Frodo and Sam and the other characters looked like, and how they thought and acted, and what they believed? All with no eye contact, no hands moving, no color or texture, just by reading words on a page. For me the magic is not about the limitations of writing, but about the parts of writing that trans- cend those limitations.
