Thats true. I like writing stories I would myself like to read. If I get to the end of a novel that I've written and cringe, then I know something is wrong. I sometimes take a book of mine off the shelf and read parts of it because I like the tale and because it brings back memories of writing it. On May 11, 2004, at 11:35 AM, abcmm at att.net wrote: > In my humble opinion... I found the comment about a story being > written because the author wanted to read it to be the most > revealing.... If more than one person thinks a particular chain of > events would be fun to read, that does not make the reading any less > enjoyable. > > Personally I know some of the most enjoyable passages in books are > when something is written exactly as I imagined. Kind of like when > you are having a conversation with good friends and you all > unexpectedly and completely agree on some point. > > > > > >> This is getting kind of silly. >> >> My problem with using ideas that I've read on the list has nothing to >> do >> with any legal questions. It has more to do with thinking, "Oh. >> Someone >> else came up with that? Well, I guess it must be too predictable/" >> I hate >> being predictable. On the other hand, changing something I think is >> cool >> just because someone else had the idea is problamatical. >> >> For the moment, at least, I've left that scene in. By the time I get >> to the >> end of the book, like as not I'll have decided that the scene doesn't >> fit in >> anyway. >> >> >