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May. 26th, 2008 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
syredronningTrue words by Nicholas Meyer (commentary on ST II):
I believe art thrives on restrictions. When you're forced to be ingenious, things get better than if you simply throw oodles of money at the problem.
(Though I think you've got to be a good director to make that work, instead of just delivering a low-quality movie.)
And something else I love and keep doing in my writing:
I told Khan not to take off the other glove. People keep asking me, why didn't he take off the other glove? And I always turn the question around and say, "why do you think he didn't take off the other glove?" It's not my job to supply answers. It's your job as the audience to supply answers. (Addendum: his answer is that it just seemed right at that time.)
I firmly believe that a story does not have to explain everything the characters do or think. Do I know what you think when I look at you? No. And that's how I love to write my stories. If it's POV character A, he doesn't get everything character B will do. Just as we have open questions in life, about why someone did or did not do something, I want this to be in my stories too. (Not all of them, but many.)
I believe art thrives on restrictions. When you're forced to be ingenious, things get better than if you simply throw oodles of money at the problem.
(Though I think you've got to be a good director to make that work, instead of just delivering a low-quality movie.)
And something else I love and keep doing in my writing:
I told Khan not to take off the other glove. People keep asking me, why didn't he take off the other glove? And I always turn the question around and say, "why do you think he didn't take off the other glove?" It's not my job to supply answers. It's your job as the audience to supply answers. (Addendum: his answer is that it just seemed right at that time.)
I firmly believe that a story does not have to explain everything the characters do or think. Do I know what you think when I look at you? No. And that's how I love to write my stories. If it's POV character A, he doesn't get everything character B will do. Just as we have open questions in life, about why someone did or did not do something, I want this to be in my stories too. (Not all of them, but many.)
