tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734301183907125061.post4801669469727899325..comments2023-10-28T02:45:59.862-05:00Comments on A True Reality: ALANSherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424071762938109413noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734301183907125061.post-19238293300874685632008-12-16T00:38:00.000-06:002008-12-16T00:38:00.000-06:00Following on from your comments about John Green's...Following on from your comments about John Green's comments:<BR/><BR/>I think there's a range. I've definitely met writers who don't intend the "English stuff", who will tell you that they just write stories.<BR/><BR/>No matter how carefully you write each sentence, each paragraph there are always going to be readers who see something that you did not intend at all. I've certainly had people read my books in ways I never intended.<BR/><BR/>Which I think is a good thing! How boring would it be if we all found the exact same thing in the books we read?<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm not convinced that what the author intends is the final word on how to read a text. Writers can also be wrong about what they wrote. So even if they intend the "English stuff" it may not be the same "English stuff" that's being talked about in the classroom.<BR/><BR/>Again I conserd that to be a good thing.<BR/><BR/>Justine LarbalestierAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com