The writer never responded directly to comments received on his blog.
His priority was to give as much time as was possible to the actual business of writing. Despite this, he always read through these with considerable interest on a regular basis and gave them serious thought. Over a number of years, he saw a common theme to the remarks sent. Overall, it was only a small proportion of the observations about his style of telling short stories, but it was a repeated one. He thought about the nature of these and tried to sum them up as a generic remark. That wasn’t easy. It mainly came down to his style of writing a story. He sat for a while considering how he would respond if a single personification of all such commenters was sitting in front of him. What sort of thing would this imaginary questioner ask? Moreover, what sort of answers would he give?
He allowed the scene to open in his mind…
Commenter: Quite often, you seem to deliberately make your short stories obscure, as a result they can be difficult to understand.
Writer: OK. I think you are accusing me of obfuscation.
Commenter: I suppose I am.
Writer: Yes. Others have said the same thing. Of course, they are quite right.
Commenter: So, you do this knowingly?
Writer: I do.
Commenter: Why?
Writer: Ah! That’s the question, isn’t it? Why do I do it? Well, the short answer is because I can, but I’m sure you’d regard that as an unsatisfactory response.
Commenter: Yes. I would.
Writer: OK. Although some of these stories are simple on the surface, they are actually quite blatantly designed to make the reader think about difficult concepts. I’m sure that some readers don’t want this. They simply want a quick story and nothing else.
Commenter: Yeah.
Writer: Anyway, quite apart from the odd red herring, I occasionally give a hint or a clue for the reader to figure out what happens next. I’ve even written a story within a story, but I think it goes deeper than this.
Commenter: Go on.
Writer: I’m aware of the fact that my story content is sometimes deliberately obscure. I think I do this because I want the reader to stop and think about it. Maybe, I consider it reasonable to expect that only a two- or three-minute read is worth spending another minute or so to look inside the story.
Commenter: I see.
Writer: I’m sure it’s only a case that some readers want to do this and others don’t. I guess, at the end of the day it all comes right down to taste. Of course, I’m aware of this, but it’s not something I think about when writing.
With this final response, the writer walked through to the kitchen and put the kettle on.
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