a Story

recently i made something up. I manufactured feelings, built an ideal and comfortably set myself in for the show. but very quickly - shortly into Act I - i got a shock. the characters weren't behaving the way i'd planned, and even the feelings didn't seem very convincing. i was disappointed. i got annoyed with the Playwright.

but then i realized one of the lower characters had been misreading the script.

All the characters are best when reading the script. going off-book doesn't improve in this Play. This includes adding side-acts that don't contribute to the flow of the story.

Tolstoy again

I have this feeling that i'm on the verge of a breakthrough. That my thinking will be revolutionized when i finish this book. it's exciting and a little scary.

Tolstoy

Dear Konstantin Levin
 I think you are highly underrated. I would love to talk to you about your farm and shooting and cattle. I definitely would not have fallen for that pathetic officer were I Kitty. Nor could I have resisted your awkward conversation and mocking of my friends. You have no patience for people dancing around the truth, and lack of moral perfection in others. I'm the same way, let me tell you.
 Lets go skating.
rachael.

Anna Karenina is the best book I've read in a while. Realism of characters is spot on.