Alicorn comments on Rationality Quotes October 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 03 October 2011 05:27:17PM 11 points [-]

provided you are able to ascertain which characters are actually the voice of the author, which for the vast majority of literature, is quite obvious.

This sounds like illusion of transparency to me. I've never written a character whose arbitrary lines I'd like quoted as though I'd said them sans fictional mouthpiece.

Comment author: RobertLumley 03 October 2011 06:09:51PM 0 points [-]