"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message
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> What if you made the figure a lost child?

Wouldn't fit with the feel of the scene I had in mind. The fact that the
feel hasn't come across properly is another issue.

> I know that you do some sci-fi writing too that has the same feel.  It
> is like there is some aspect of scifi/fantasy action scenes that you are
> drawn to and want to recreate.

Most of the pictures I do have a story behind them, even if it's just a few
lines. I tend to find that picture and story come together.

They're not always action scenes, but I find those the eaiest to recreate.

> This scene, and scenes like it, have a voyeuristic component to them.
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Hmmm, interesting analysis. Not something that I thought of.

> I think your action/combat reflex is confusing here.  That the scene is
> suddenly presented to the viewer just as it is revealed to the
> explorations of the little combat figure IS a typical scifi devise.
> But I wonder if you could push it further.  There is something
> unsatisfying to me that it all ends with this unresponsive little turd
> with a gun.

I'm not fully satisfied with it either. I'll put it aside for a day or two,
see what comes to mind.

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