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aconite26A seduction scene, then, says the Philosopher,
must be of a certain duration,
to have a beginning, a middle and an end.
The action has to be of a certain magnitude,
neither petty,
nor overwhelming in scale.
It has to be like a funnel:
much time and floating scarlet clouds
of mind and body
go in,
a few lines come out
that make the reader’s corporal imagination
to veer off from secure to dangerously exposed.
The hero – oh, there have to be two.
At least.
They have to be
expectant
vibrant
believable.
What does that mean?
Only the writer’s
conjuring gland can determine,
but the reader’s capacity
to suffer their want
is the ultimate measure.
The best kind of action develops
according to the laws of probability and necessity
of what can’t realistically happen.
What is achieved in the end
and who it is that achieves it
is the biggest unknown of this equation.
must be of a certain duration,
to have a beginning, a middle and an end.
The action has to be of a certain magnitude,
neither petty,
nor overwhelming in scale.
It has to be like a funnel:
much time and floating scarlet clouds
of mind and body
go in,
a few lines come out
that make the reader’s corporal imagination
to veer off from secure to dangerously exposed.
The hero – oh, there have to be two.
At least.
They have to be
expectant
vibrant
believable.
What does that mean?
Only the writer’s
conjuring gland can determine,
but the reader’s capacity
to suffer their want
is the ultimate measure.
The best kind of action develops
according to the laws of probability and necessity
of what can’t realistically happen.
What is achieved in the end
and who it is that achieves it
is the biggest unknown of this equation.
