 Observer2 2004-01-21 . chapter 1 An excellent piece of writing – spare, evocative, true to character, with an unusual level of insight. You have a gift for writing. If you don’t yet have the skills of setting up your own characters and plots, those are things you can learn to do. What you do have is the part of writing that people study for years trying to achieve. If you really like working with established characters, you might consider studying scriptwriting. In this piece you explored new territory without violating the characters as established – something many scripwriters never learn to do well – and you have Eames’ speech pattern down. If you don’t yet write professionally, trust me, you have the talent for it – and quite possibly for scriptwriting, as well. |