it is very difficult to put together a credible story without stretching reality at times - i haveto agree that soemtimes the suggested tortures or sexual actions would be so damaging or impossible physically that the plot sort of becomes too far-fetched and loses the reader. its also hard trying NOT to justify or explain everything incase a reader says "hey,but this doesn't make sense/work or this is too preposterous etc" - for example what about sexually transmitted diseases or unwanted pregnancies or the other un-erotic stuff that would make the reality so much more unappealing or distatesful than the imaginary world created by a writer...

i guess i find stories that leave intriguing gaps more exciting than the ones that try to tell you everything and i hope i manage to do that myself - then again, isn't it a matter of personal taste? (and i haveto admit to a dreadful bad habit here - i always read the last part of a book before i buy it - i love to find out how the author reaches the ending LOLOL)

love

ruthie[Phil]

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