Fantastic post. Love your insight on the struggle between being a creator and being a collaborator and how the story always finishes in the mind of the audience. It reminded me of another another piece I read (I think on substack) about "serialized" novels written by Dickens (and others) who had their stories constantly tested in the market place by real world readers and how those stories were shaped week to week/month to month...compared to the Hemingways who agonized in the dark over single pages...
Fantastic post. Love your insight on the struggle between being a creator and being a collaborator and how the story always finishes in the mind of the audience. It reminded me of another another piece I read (I think on substack) about "serialized" novels written by Dickens (and others) who had their stories constantly tested in the market place by real world readers and how those stories were shaped week to week/month to month...compared to the Hemingways who agonized in the dark over single pages...
That sounds like a fascinating article. If you ever remember where you read it, please pass it along!
Fantastic
Thanks!