No scene as you fortold, but interesting and provocative in your own style, which is something I always enjoy about your work.

What do you mean by no scene? I'm not sure what you are pointing to there, or if to read that "no scene--as you fortold" or no [scene as you fortold]....

reading my comment I guess I did fortell a scene, so now I am contemplating the meaning of the word "scene" and wondering whether I use this term in a non-standard way. Interesting.

What makes a scene a scene? what is your definition, in the context of your comment? to me a scene is a [usually shortish] segment of narrative in a story in which time passes[however short or long, maybe a few minutes in this case, but it could be hours, but as long as at least the POV char stays aware the whole time] and some action [conversation and thoughts are included in the category of action]occurs, and which has a definite beginning and a definite end.

This is pretty much how I write on a brainstorming rough draft where I'm not even trying to use the right words but just trying to lay out what I call the "scene"....what happens, what they basically think and feel, where they are, etc. such things tend to be way overloaded on thoughts or feelings, and lack what a normal person would consider action.

When writing Nano novels [ie brainstorming rough drafts] i write in "scenes" [by the definition I just gave], rather than chapters, and then I reorganize later into chapters. what would be a better term for that.

thank you very much for your thought provoking comment and for the compliment.

Relax, I mean exactly your brainsstorming process. You already know of how you handle your scenes as you wrote it thus.

That is what was meant by the comment.

you read me wrong or read me perhaps --probably this--at a level I don't expect to be read at. I like that very much, it challenges me, helps me move beyond the general boxlessness where my mind usually dwells into something which might eventually convey meaning. It is not your intent perhaps, but it is well received and appreciated. please trust that your feedback is highly valued...

YOU relax, I'm stressed only to the degree I need to be to walk the chosen path. regardless of that, I thank you for your concern for my serenity

I am sort of divided between the rational and the irrational, the legalistic academic and the art for the sheer joy of creation.... and the two often need a mediator...writing requires the two to cooperate, and I haven't written fiction narrative in a few months. So I'm just trying to remember how to get my brain to work together enough to write cohesively.

Please forgive my rambling. that previous comment I wrote more for my own benefit, perhaps it was better left unwritten. but I write such things.