Thoughts for the day: #1, On inconstancy.

[randomness]

Just because what she said then she now contradicts completely doesn't mean she was any less sincere then, or believes in what she says or does now any less.

Sometimes, that's hard. But it isn't any less true.

Comments

[nafe.livejournal.com]

Never the less, it's that sort of thing that keeps me smiling about the fact that I date men. Or, frowning because I don't as the case may be. Whichever.

[bookly.livejournal.com]

Is this apropos of something recent? My phone is on, if you want to talk (about anything in specific or nothing in general :).

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Just because what she said then she now contradicts completely doesn't mean she was any less sincere then, or believes in what she says or does now any less.

You know, this is one of the things that makes writing realistic characters so damned hard. Because people *do* that, and yet if you're inconsistent within the bounds of a story and do a 180 degree reversal, readers get fussy because hey! she said just the opposite five pages ago! Reality has no need to be consistent. Fiction, however, has to make sense. Aggravating!

[tcb.livejournal.com]

wow. hard truths. I've been finding so many lately.

[gracest.livejournal.com]

Not exactly true for me though. I try to be consistent. Of course I fail at times.

But if I've said something inconsistent previously, and I'm aware of it, that does make me question what I'm saying now, and whether I really believe it.

It's very tiring :)