*blushes* Oh, wow, this is just about the best comment I've ever received - all the details!
The entire last section is hard-hitting and perfect. The little pieces of dialog are perfectly inserted and the internal stuff is just so right it hurts.
That makes all the hair-pulling I had to do with that part worth it. The first paragraph of that last section was the very first thing I wrote, and it came really easily - but the rest of it just wasn't working, at all. I ended up parking myself in front of the TV and rewatching that scene over and over until I could 'hear' what Meg wanted to say, if that doesn't sound too weird.
And I especially like hearing that I did a good job of showing who Meg was. A big part of the horror of being possessed, I'd think, is how it robs you of your self-ness, of who you fundamentally are. After I watched that scene the first time, I was stuck with the sense that "wow, we didn't even know who she really was," and I guess that's what stayed with me.
Okay! Sorry for rambling; it seems that lovely feedback like this just encourages me. Thanks so much for your comment.
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Date: 2007-04-30 11:51 pm (UTC)The entire last section is hard-hitting and perfect. The little pieces of dialog are perfectly inserted and the internal stuff is just so right it hurts.
That makes all the hair-pulling I had to do with that part worth it. The first paragraph of that last section was the very first thing I wrote, and it came really easily - but the rest of it just wasn't working, at all. I ended up parking myself in front of the TV and rewatching that scene over and over until I could 'hear' what Meg wanted to say, if that doesn't sound too weird.
And I especially like hearing that I did a good job of showing who Meg was. A big part of the horror of being possessed, I'd think, is how it robs you of your self-ness, of who you fundamentally are. After I watched that scene the first time, I was stuck with the sense that "wow, we didn't even know who she really was," and I guess that's what stayed with me.
Okay! Sorry for rambling; it seems that lovely feedback like this just encourages me. Thanks so much for your comment.