tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200193668596311116.post3400336605304371964..comments2023-07-07T03:06:31.317-04:00Comments on VIPs on vsf: from Dawn CorriganLaura Ellen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03068789134779639240noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200193668596311116.post-75802705392858075812009-11-16T09:42:34.681-05:002009-11-16T09:42:34.681-05:00heh. I always wonder how I'd read differently ...heh. I always wonder how I'd read differently and what would I be attracted to, if I weren't a writer. Derek's comment is interesting, because in one (virtual) breath he speaks of the writerly ego, and in the next he talks about absorptive pleasure.Laura Ellen Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068789134779639240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200193668596311116.post-26708832833312476082009-11-16T09:34:46.770-05:002009-11-16T09:34:46.770-05:00Hi Derek--thanks! I agree, as I've confessed h...Hi Derek--thanks! I agree, as I've confessed here, about novels, but I do also think there are pleasures to be had as both a writer and reader of VSF. The reader's pleasure is more epiphanic with VSF, as opposed to being completely immersed in another (another's) world. Personally I enjoy both pleasures.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580299818092587653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200193668596311116.post-53417144700197353452009-11-16T08:08:22.579-05:002009-11-16T08:08:22.579-05:00Hi Dawn - very nice, good economy and to the point...Hi Dawn - very nice, good economy and to the point. I loved your use of "the bunnies". While I agree that VSF can be as relevant as any form (I love writing tweets and flash), my own ego will never be satisfied until I can hold that same focus and intensity through 70 or 80,000 words. The novel may go the way of Opera and The Symphony (we don't seem to question our love of pop music, and perhaps the next two generations will shift the paradigm once and for all), but there will always be some magic in getting a reader to pick up a book and not set it down till finished, and that feeling of so totally entering another's world and living it, if only for a moment, mixed in with our own illusions.Derek Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635542030499107745noreply@blogger.com