Helen Krummenacker wrote:> > > Suppose he'd said, 'a trooper killed Bobby. She meant everything to

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me. We were to be married. When she died, a part of me died as well.' But he doesn't say that, or anything like it. And the reason he doesn't is because the author is trying to tell us something.

Yes, the author is saying, "I'm much better at plotting and writing clever, snappy dialogue than deeply emotional stuff."

But that isn't true. Nation in the past has written some very good "deep emotional stuff." Have you ever watched Survivors? Also the series was script edited by Chris Boucher, another good writer, who can do the "deep emotional stuff" when required (or haven't you seen Rumours of Death?).

Jenny

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