She's probably sick of people asking her if she believes in them -- I'm so sick of people asking me if I believe in fairies you wouldn't believe.
I do think to write something you have to believe in the emotional truth of it. Though maybe "believe" is the wrong word. Maybe "get your head around" is better in this context. If you can't find the place where the thing is true in context it would be very hard.
I don't believe in ghosts or fairies but I disbelieve in "grey aliens" a lot more. I don't know that I could write a sincere thing in a universe with alien abduction. And actually it's not so much a case of belief but respect. I respect Odin and fairies and ghosts, I despise UFOlogy. If she doesn't respect ghosts and the belief in ghosts and the way ghosts work in culture, then that would be hard to write about.
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Date: 2013-02-08 12:48 pm (UTC)I do think to write something you have to believe in the emotional truth of it. Though maybe "believe" is the wrong word. Maybe "get your head around" is better in this context. If you can't find the place where the thing is true in context it would be very hard.
I don't believe in ghosts or fairies but I disbelieve in "grey aliens" a lot more. I don't know that I could write a sincere thing in a universe with alien abduction. And actually it's not so much a case of belief but respect. I respect Odin and fairies and ghosts, I despise UFOlogy. If she doesn't respect ghosts and the belief in ghosts and the way ghosts work in culture, then that would be hard to write about.