>He thought her a good role model, and he wasn't the >only ex-military reader who thought her officer >material.
>This made me feel great, needless to say, but it >stunned me too because the only sense I have of >that mindset is from its opposite. I am sooo not >officer material.
LOL! The colonel's absolutely right, IMO. But this is what makes you a good writer, being able to get so deeply into an alien mindset.
I wonder - is it your natural bent away from the Jani-type that allows you to paint your reactionaries so convincingly, or is that also just damn good use of POV?
Me, I'm deeply schizoid on the matter, which is why all those quizzes come out "loves bunnies, bent on world domination." And that dichotomy drives a lot of my wip - one of the core conflicts is between the old guard, who won't go to the wall, and so let a crisis escalate, and the young turks who want a *solution,* even with a little egg-breaking.
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Re: Risk Is Her Business
Date: 2004-04-14 07:56 pm (UTC)>This made me feel great, needless to say, but it >stunned me too because the only sense I have of >that mindset is from its opposite. I am sooo not >officer material.
LOL! The colonel's absolutely right, IMO. But this is what makes you a good writer, being able to get so deeply into an alien mindset.
I wonder - is it your natural bent away from the Jani-type that allows you to paint your reactionaries so convincingly, or is that also just damn good use of POV?
Me, I'm deeply schizoid on the matter, which is why all those quizzes come out "loves bunnies, bent on world domination." And that dichotomy drives a lot of my wip - one of the core conflicts is between the old guard, who won't go to the wall, and so let a crisis escalate, and the young turks who want a *solution,* even with a little egg-breaking.
Deeply fascinating stuff -