from the inside out, i would like to point out that there's usually other people, like an editor involved somewhere. ideally, an editor will be invisible, but her changes can alter all of the above nonetheless. even that definitive work of completely unknowable intent on all sides known as the holy bible had editors.*
lots of unchecked uncheckable factors go into a thing. the author is the last person i would listen to.
*understood there are exceptions. i can pinpoint where Harry Potter looses any sort of additional input, somewheres in book 4. my theory is that once they realized they would make money with no additional effort, they stopped additionally efforting. the results are disaster.
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Date: 2007-06-05 04:16 am (UTC)lots of unchecked uncheckable factors go into a thing. the author is the last person i would listen to.
*understood there are exceptions. i can pinpoint where Harry Potter looses any sort of additional input, somewheres in book 4. my theory is that once they realized they would make money with no additional effort, they stopped additionally efforting. the results are disaster.