Comments on: Hidden Hinges, and the Messy Death of a Metaphor http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/07/hidden-hinges-and-the-messy-death-of-a-metaphor/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Bird of Ill Repute Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cora http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/07/hidden-hinges-and-the-messy-death-of-a-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-56997 Cora Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:31:26 +0000 http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/?p=1772#comment-56997 Very interesting metaphor and one that makes sense. Nor I can't for the life of me view a story/novel as a three dimensional structure, though I've heard of other writers seeing it like that. So either my mind is not wired that way or I simply haven't reached that stage yet. But there are definitely novels to which I cannot find any emotional connection even though there are lots of potentially exciting things happening. One example would be the works of a prominent SF author whose name keeps popping up on awards shortlist, even though his characters behave like pawns on a chessboard with no emotional veracity whatsoever. Very interesting metaphor and one that makes sense.

Nor I can’t for the life of me view a story/novel as a three dimensional structure, though I’ve heard of other writers seeing it like that. So either my mind is not wired that way or I simply haven’t reached that stage yet.

But there are definitely novels to which I cannot find any emotional connection even though there are lots of potentially exciting things happening. One example would be the works of a prominent SF author whose name keeps popping up on awards shortlist, even though his characters behave like pawns on a chessboard with no emotional veracity whatsoever.

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