tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post4516910282971928884..comments2024-03-25T20:45:50.003-05:00Comments on CrimeFictionWriter: I should have saidMichael Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post-24684149466692597572008-03-06T20:47:00.000-06:002008-03-06T20:47:00.000-06:00I think what the protagonist says will be unique t...I think what the protagonist says will be unique to the situation, and will often be edited and revised before reaching print. What the writer says, unfortunately, is usually first draft and he has no way of pulling back the words for revision.<BR/><BR/>But the best line has to be one stolen from a movie. There is nothing better than when Jack Nicholson's character Melvin Udall, a writer of women's fiction, no less, says to Helen Hunt's character Carol Connelly in "As Good As It Gets": "You make me want to be a better man."Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282376.post-18252889730372605982008-03-03T21:05:00.000-06:002008-03-03T21:05:00.000-06:00What did the protagonist say that the writer didn'...What did the protagonist say that the writer didn't?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com