ATTN JMS: Writing With the Subsocscious

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Subject: ATTN JMS: Writing With the Subsocscious
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s  1: Oct  1, 1996: "Andrea B. Novin" <femeng at worldnet.att.net>
*  2: Oct  1, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: "Andrea B. Novin" <femeng at worldnet.att.net>
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I have read a lot of post from people pointing out how well you  
foreshadow events in your scripts. Most of these items are deliberarly 
wrtten by you that way for that reason. Yet, there are some items where 
you state that you had no conscious knowledge that you were 
foreshadowing future events....... This brings up an interesting 
question.

Do you think that you write at both the conscious and subconscious level 
simultaneously.

or

Are you just lucky it all comes out this way?



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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"Do you think that you write at both the conscious and subconscious level
simultaneously."

I think any writer has to operate at both levels at the same time.  You
learn to trust your instincts.  There's a certain point when you're "in
the zone," to use a sports phrase, and the logical part of you is
structuring the plot, and the illogical, intuitive part of you is filling
in the corners.  You have to be open to both voices for it to work.




 jms




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