Terry Pratchett wrote:
> In article <280620031021257706%chenrich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Christopher J.
> Henrich <chenrich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>
>> There were
>> rumours that she had this all planned out even before the first book
>> was published. That, if true, is awesome.
>
>
> All planned out? Well, it sounds good. 'Big brush' plot outlines, yes.
> But I find it hard to believe there can be anything much more detailed
> than that, because of simple quantum fluctuations in Plot-Space.
>
> Every author runs into this. A character says something or does
> something which is entirely in character but not what the author
> expected, or the plot twists in a more interesting and worthwhile way --
> or, as Larry Niven said, you mis-type a word and it triggers something
> in your creative node. I'd bet she knows the way, but doesn't know every
> turn of the road.
Where's the Pratchett take on /Rainbow Mars/ that Niven promised in the
introduction?:)
Leons Petrazickis
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