Thanks for your reply and your good humor. :) I do understand about some things being so out of character as to make one wonder if the writer ever watched QaF. I don't mind a Brian who is a little more giving/a little less guarded, especially if written in the future as even BK is able to learn. I agree, however, that a Brian who is "expressing feelings at every moment" is not conceivable so why write him that way? Perhaps some wishful thinking and fantasizing about GH/BK has some people writing him the way they'd like him to be and think he might be if he were with them. You know, like the mistake some people make when they figure marriage will change their mate? Anyhow, I asked someone else who replied to you and I'll ask you - please recommend (in a PM) some writers you think write well. I read only a few things from a few writers and don't want to spend a lot more time reading fics - but, I'd like the ones to which I give my time to be quality ones. I know I am impatient myself if misspelled words could have been corrected by the computer's spelling tool but weren't and if a writer 'overwrites' - my term for too many adjectives, too much repetition, too much description of something that a quality writer gets you to see with phrasing and - hard for me to articulate - ways other than direct description. So, we agree on quite a few points and thanks again for replying and so soon. And, yes, kudos to my 9th grade teacher who taught us grammar which I liked so much. I guess enjoying grammar and being taught it made a difference. buzzie
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I do understand about some things being so out of character as to make one wonder if the writer ever watched QaF. I don't mind a Brian who is a little more giving/a little less guarded, especially if written in the future as even BK is able to learn. I agree, however, that a Brian who is "expressing feelings at every moment" is not conceivable so why write him that way? Perhaps some wishful thinking and fantasizing about GH/BK has some people writing him the way they'd like him to be and think he might be if he were with them. You know, like the mistake some people make when they figure marriage will change their mate?
Anyhow, I asked someone else who replied to you and I'll ask you - please recommend (in a PM) some writers you think write well. I read only a few things from a few writers and don't want to spend a lot more time reading fics - but, I'd like the ones to which I give my time to be quality ones. I know I am impatient myself if misspelled words could have been corrected by the computer's spelling tool but weren't and if a writer 'overwrites' - my term for too many adjectives, too much repetition, too much description of something that a quality writer gets you to see with phrasing and - hard for me to articulate - ways other than direct description. So, we agree on quite a few points and thanks again for replying and so soon.
And, yes, kudos to my 9th grade teacher who taught us grammar which I liked so much. I guess enjoying grammar and being taught it made a difference.
buzzie