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RE: IN | OUT, Part 7 - Dreams of an Automaton
I think this is the first one but I’ve read, but it was stunning. I am totally Enraptured with your writing And voice. This was excellent. I’m going to use this as a template for my future writing.
I particularly like the ease with which you move from the emotions to the actual activity of the subject. This reads like a professionally edited book.
I also enjoy how there is reference the things I do not understand, but I can go win some ideas from context clues. Everything is not Obscure, it is simply just not enough information, but enough to be OK with suspending disbelief.
I’m going to go back and read the previous entries. I want to see what happens to Penny, and why Walter is Stunned by her face.
Why thank you! I'm really glad that you enjoyed this piece. Working until 4am was definitely worth it then. I'm pleased you like the shifts from emotion to action. To be honest, I was feeling quite self-conscious about them as I wasn't sure if they felt out of place or not, but I'm glad at least one person liked them. And from a fantastic writer like yourself too, it really means a lot to get such lovely and engaging comments. Thank you.
You're very welcome. I cannot stress how impressed By this series of short stories. Well, I assume they are all part of one book simply broken into chapters.
You have a masterful prose. I've spent the day writing, and have literally used your writing as an example for effective storytelling. I've spent the majority of today adjusting my own writing to emulate yours.
If you stay up till 4 AM, congratulations! It was totally worth it. This shows dedication and diligence to the craft, and heartfelt effort.
Know that I hold you and a high regard and do not embellish when I say that I am attempting to write more like you.
I am like a charlatan, using tricks and sleight-of-hand to give the appearance of quality. ( I'm like a magician who knows what the smoke and mirrors do, but not necessarily how to create a trick on my own).
While done, and thank you.
That's not true at all! You have fantastic tricks and are already a far more accomplished writer than myself. I mean, you've actually written novels. I should be the one stealing tricks from you, but I'm just too stubborn to do things anyway but my own.
All writers are charlatans, sucking in inspiration and influences, ideas and more ideas, churning them up and mixing them together, and then spitting out an amalgamated jumble of all of them, distilled by their own voice. That's just what it means to be a creative.
I really appreciate your support and kind words, and I look forward to the final product. of your "charlatan ways".
thank you for your kind words.
Just because I've published books only means I am so arrogant to believe that people should pay me for my effort.
Let's agree to support each other and learn from the other's strengths and support our weaknesses with honest feedback and criticism intended to point out blind spots and reinforce excellence when it sifts up.
Absolutely, that is something that can agree to wholeheartedly. To a bright and creative future!