I'm Probably Not In the Right Frame Of Mind For This, But...

[teddy_radiator]

Be gentle with me, but I guess I should know already.

If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach. —Alfred Hitchcock



When I write a story, what do readers immediately look for?

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[severus49.livejournal.com]

The details. The sensualness in every turn of phrase. There is a reason I come to the house of Teddy to worship. Aurette is my favorite satirist, Coffee is my favorite realist, and you are my favorite sensualist. For me it's like Bougereau versus Maier Collier versus Burne Jones. I find different inspiration from each of the three, but something draws me back to you for purely admittedly selfish reasons. For me, you come the closest for writing my fantasies down. Things that I only dream of happening, you actually put in hard copy. And you write it like poetry. It's flowing out of you like it's just oozing from every pore. It's so decadent to read. And in some way, it's almost like I've woke up and can't remember this really sexy dream that blew my mind, and bang, I see it in some form in one of your stories. And I'm hooked. And I'm blown away. And I think I always will be.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, I think I may print out your comment and frame it. Wow. I feel like a proper writer, hearing my work spoken about in such a manner!

[severus49.livejournal.com]

But it's true, babe! Ya know, I'd sound like a real fake suck-up if I didn't know myself, LOL, but I instinctively trust you - when I see you've written something new, I don't have to worry. I'm in love with it without even reading it. I wish I could quote Burton's Alice better, because there's a line in that movie where she says something to the Hatter about "But this is all a dream." and he says, "You tell me." THAT is how I feel when I read your stories. Because, if I've dreamed it, you've written it.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Well, Mimi says we are all part of the great Cosmic Flow Chart, and perhaps that is my purpose, to realise my friends' dreams and put them into words. It's not a bad way to make a living - now if I just could make a living at it, I'd be the happiest fangurly in the world.