| Dishwashing |
[19 Feb 2008|05:21pm] |
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I have just come from washing dishes, which although it is certainly far from my fave task can, if one is very present for it, be quite sensuous: warm water, soft suds, smooth china.... But I do understand why someone might find that concept alien. Once I was made to change a scene in a story because the editor did not believe that anyone could under any circumstances enjoy washing dishes. Very likely since the enjoyment of dishwashing was not central to the story, she was right to eliminate it in order to prevent disconcertment on the part of some or many readers. It is over such small things that the unwary writer can most readily trip. (She said ponderously.)
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