#WritersCoffeeClub 6. Is it the reader's/critic's interpretation of a work or the author's?
This question feels incomplete. Is it the whoever's interpretation that what? That matters? That is real?
I subscribe to Stephen King's expression that writing is a form of telepathy. Stories are formed of writers and readers in communication. You can never read the same story twice because you, the reader, are different every time.
Obviously the writer brings the majority of it to the table, but>
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