Re: micro-level decisions

Pat Bowne wrote:

> But also, I just don't believe that there are as many adulterers,
> embezzlers, murderers, etc. in real life as there are in mainstream fiction;
> and I do not know for the life of me why authors are so much more interested
> in the adulterers and embezzlers and murderers than they are in the millions
> of people who have more sense than to do those things.

I think there's a point to be made for characters who step by step slip
into a place where no sane person, themselves included, wants to be. I'm
not certain that it's merely sense stopping others from doing those
things, either - it could be anything from honour to lack of opportunity
to fear.

As for why are authors interested, well, I think that's fairly easy to
answer - conflict and drama don't abound in suburban routines. Well,
maybe they do, but they don't _matter_ as much, the stakes are lower.

Catja
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