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posted by [identity profile] milady1844.livejournal.com at 07:35am on 08/02/2007
Oh man. I both did & didn't want to hear Rachel's side of things as I was already so much in Nate's camp. But this. Wow. I really feel for her, but it's odd, I feel more for Nate than her. I wonder if I'd read this first if I'd be more sympathetic for Rachel. Or perhaps it's cause it was only later in life I caught on to the fact that I was bi that has me so firmly rooting for Nate.

This was very well written. You make Rachel believable and very human. Considering that this is what you sent in as your writing sample, I'd guess you'll not have any problems getting in.
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 06:29pm on 09/02/2007
Thank you! I do hope the SFSU writing program staff agree with you :)

I'm glad to hear that I made Rachel seem human. Her first incarnation had her being to 'nice' about the whole thing, because I was so afraid of making her the evil shrew who drove her bf into the arms of a man, so it's wonderful to hear I reined that in.

I think that what readers bring to stories is one of my favourite things about fiction. and I wanted to tell this as balanced as possible so that people could choose for themselves who they felt more sympathy for. I didn't want to guide them. I posted Nate's part first partly because I didn't want people to have all their sympathy for the 'wounded' party.
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