Analysis vs. Intuition

The way a lot of critics, writing teachers, and even writers talk, every writing decision is conscious and deliberate, made with great care and consideration. It doesn’t matter whether it’s something small, like the exact word choice or sentence structure; something large, like the interlocking plot arcs in a ten-book series; something specific and concrete, like the color of the carpet in the villain’s office; or something intangible, like a character’s emotions or the symbolism of a dream s...