[LMB] [OT:] STD/fanfic

[Victoria L'Ecuyer]

Auden:


>>>>>> He suggests at one point that to the degree a writer
>>>>>> is related to the world, their role is that of a witness, and the 
>>>>>> only crime a witness can commit is perjury.
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Me:
From: Marna Nightingale

>>>>>> I am contemplating this. It SOUNDS right to me. I therefore offer it 
>>>>>> for discussion.
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Elizabeth Holden:

>>>> It sounds right to me. And what I am trying to do in
>>>> all my fic is to tell the truth, and the whole truth.
>>>> As I see it.
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Victoria:

>> I'd say it's a good premise, but far too limiting. 
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From: Marna Nightingale
I didn't take it the way you did: [snip]

Ah, here we go, with apologies for previous unclarity:

"It is not the duty of a witness to pass moral judgment on the evidence 
he has to give, but to give it clearly and accurately; the only crime of 
which a witness can be guilty is perjury. . . . "

Victoria, again: 
Hmmm..... that changes my opinion about what he's trying to say, but not about things like reader's expectations. 

This will take some additional thought. Will you give me the cite so I can read the whole of it? 

Victoria