The Count of Monte Christ

I can’t imagine getting that worked up over fluff

I remember reading The White Album and being struck by how condescending and flippant she was to the Black Panthers in it, and I guess now I know why

Instead, we’ve just created a situation in which your options increasingly have only been 1. Get religious, 2. Pay a premium for it, or 3. Offload those needs to charismatic personalities who offer it for free

Yes! Art is not pure technique nor pure sentiment, but an admixture of both. Treating characters entirely as functions is how you end up writing didactic allegories

It’s pointless and it shoots yourself in the foot. If you refuse to feel anything for your characters, how do you expect your readers to? You have to find the balance between technical concerns and emotion when creating. It’s much like a good love match