Just letting you know that I did see your original comment and I do intend to reply, when I've sufficiently gathered my thoughts. :)
Thanks, (((((Neva))))).
But I agree with you that it probably does come down to a difference in preferences and perspectives, and that's fine.
Yeah, it's occurred to me that the biggest difference might be coming from how that prelude is written in the first person. It seems like that's making the line between "the audience" and "the reader" blurry for some. The writer and his character might only be speaking to "the audience," but because of the writer's choosing to use the intimacy of first person it seems to be making it easier for some readers to feel like the writer and character are speaking directly to them rather than speaking to an "audience" which is one in his own fantasy world, not out in the real world of the reader.
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Date: 2013-07-01 03:13 am (UTC)Thanks, (((((Neva))))).
But I agree with you that it probably does come down to a difference in preferences and perspectives, and that's fine.
Yeah, it's occurred to me that the biggest difference might be coming from how that prelude is written in the first person. It seems like that's making the line between "the audience" and "the reader" blurry for some. The writer and his character might only be speaking to "the audience," but because of the writer's choosing to use the intimacy of first person it seems to be making it easier for some readers to feel like the writer and character are speaking directly to them rather than speaking to an "audience" which is one in his own fantasy world, not out in the real world of the reader.