A more positive view of one writing gimmick:
http://supervalentthought.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/hello-world/
"Think about a phrase that resonates. A supervalent thought is a thought whose meaning resides not only in its explicit phrasing, but in the atmosphere of intensity it releases that points beyond the phrase, to a domain of the unsaid. A supervalent thought produces an atmosphere in the world, makes an opening in the potential for apprehension, consciousness, and experience."

Reminds me most especially of some other blog I forgot to save which was very very short leaving much open to the reader. Although it ultimately annoyed me as it simultaneously, from being so short, seemed to be very dismissive of the anonymous people it talked about.

OTOH, not blathering on, leaving a sense of mystery, leaving room for the reader to make it pretty, to add their own symbols, to put in something to love, etc, just seems to make for better reading. Blogs and writing in general that blather on are both more honest and more... self important... painful... pedestrian... everyday ultimately and thus too real. Not good reads...

Instincts do exist. The amygdala. I forgot. Reinventing the wheel isn't very fun most of the time.

Changing one's mind can be such a beautiful thing. Or it can be the realization of failure. Which is just not beautiful. Well the failure isn't the realization of being wrong. It's the realization that someone might waste their time reading such utter effing crap and I'll be dammed if I can Really worry about such things to the point of doing something different. (sigh) Can just feel bad about it. Will figure it out soon. Being considerate versus figuring out a way forward with creativity.

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Nurse Grey changes so much. Purposely vague. Fill... it with your own vague ideas...

Gimmicks. Tricks. Dishonest?

What of a book that literally was a pefect download of all information as some event really happened? Is that better or worse than purposely withholding information? Seems withholding is such an important part in multiple ways, not just with stories or art. I dislike like doing so though.