http://mierin-lanfear.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] mierin-lanfear.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] blue_cage 2005-03-21 04:53 am (UTC)

someone said "murder your darlings"...

Thanks! I was just returning the favor...

When I read King's On Writing, my blind eyes were opened. He suggested about writing everything down--no nitpicks allowed--then letting it 'rise like dough' (storing the manuscript somewhere where you won't see it) in the meantime (approx. 6 weeks, but he's a damned novelist, so he can take that much time). THEN you let your beta-readers read it while you do the 2nd draft. Usually, it is in the 2nd draft that symbolism (and its ilk, i.e., theme) are used: the symbol is actually buried in the first draft--you "bring" it out fully in the next rewrites.

It is clear that 'ko' is the heart, the main symbol.

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