Comments on: Learning to Write V http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-v/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ren.kat http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/learning-to-write-v/comment-page-1/#comment-10515 ren.kat Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:36:23 +0000 http://www.johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=312#comment-10515 Thanks for an interesting post! Another way to manipulate the reader is to alter the traditional dramaturgy- a la Pulp Fiction- from the beginning, the reader knows the protagonist will die and therefore keeps an emotional distance from the events. (Whether this technique is emotionally or socially healthy is another question). . . <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Ren-Kat, good to see you here. That <em>manipulate </em>word is a bit controversial. I really believe that it isn't possible or even desireable to manipulate a reader. I think that it is readers who manipulate text - if the text is worth it. Otherwise they ignore it. Thanks for an interesting post! Another way to manipulate the reader is to alter the traditional dramaturgy- a la Pulp Fiction- from the beginning, the reader knows the protagonist will die and therefore keeps an emotional distance from the events. (Whether this technique is emotionally or socially healthy is another question). . .

jb says: Hi Ren-Kat, good to see you here. That manipulate word is a bit controversial. I really believe that it isn’t possible or even desireable to manipulate a reader. I think that it is readers who manipulate text – if the text is worth it. Otherwise they ignore it.

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