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( Yukimura = the best muse EVAH )

If I have the time tonight (must write [The City] must write must write) and can actually be bothered, I'll start working on the next Plushie Theatre, which may be a longer one than usual *grin* I have all the props I need... oh wait I need newspaper!

In fact, if I do a big plushie story and print it out into "doujinshi", I wonder if anyone'd buy it...

People who don't know how to properly lay things out and instead just keep pressing space bar or tab so that words align ON THEIR OWN SCREENS ONLY shouldn't be allowed to use the computer. Or at least send anything out with the computer. I don't care if you're the client or you're earning n times my salary. YOU SUCK.

*dodges rotten veg*

Neil Gaiman's (officialgaiman) answer to a teenager about the inclusion of sex scenes in his book... whilst I haven't actually read that book and so can't say that much and so don't understand the relevance of the scene, if any, I can empathise with the girl, IF what she said about it being "irrelevent to the plot of the book" is true. Gaiman's answer of "the book's hero wouldn't have been born" is fair enough, but does it justify a descriptive sex scene - does it add to the plot?

Wait, don't lynch me just yet, read the rest of what I have to say...

I'm not saying that Gaiman's wrong. I haven't read the book, can't form any opinion. I'm guessing that his explanation about the relevance is correct. But what I'm trying to say is... that's one thing I'm always asking myself - if I include certain elements into the story, does it only beef it up in terms of length, or does it actually show something? If it's a sex scene, are the motives or consequences enough to justify it (if the story isn't meant to be erotica-centric), if it's violence does the attack/manner of death etc really do anything? Do I want to show the mental state of the attacker, how the ugly death affects those close to the victim, etc? Or do I just want this person dead and be done with?

On a completely unrelated note, people should learn to stop saying "actually" and "basically" all the damn time.

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Somebody save me from the boring world of work!!!!