A Study in Scarlet, Chapters 8-14: The Space Between

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: A Study in Scarlet, Chapters 8-14: The Space Between
Author: gardnerhill               
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Some judicious editing can save more than the reader’s interest.
                                                                                       
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“Half of your offering is taken up with that Mormon tale!” Holmes tossed the Beeton’s to the night-stand. “A few sentences would have sufficed to inform the reader of Hope’s motive.”

“People like romantic stories.”

Holmes nestled back into my unclothed embrace. “Watson, I would advise you to leave out irrelevant romantic asides in your future chronicles.”

“As you wish.”

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Holmes nestled back into my unclothed embrace. “Watson, I would advise you to leave out irrelevant romantic asides in your future chronicles.” Very sensible advice, Holmes ^_^

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

And yet, we inferred all the same.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

And we indeed have the evidence of how well Watson did succeed at that ;)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Plausibly deniable, but those of us with ears to hear and eyes to see know the truth.

[debriswoman]

Not sure that Watson paid attention:-p

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Not really.

[debriswoman]

Hardly at all...

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Aw man. Holmes! Well that's okay. Watson can leave them out, we'll put them back in. Also I love the phrase 'unclothed embrace' don't think I have read it before. Am stealing it!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

It's a fun way to sneak in the detail that oh yeah, these two are talking ... in bed together.

[castiron.livejournal.com]

And thus, millions of readers had to develop skill in reading between the lines.... Nice!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Just as Victorian-era gays and lesbians had to do!

[grrlpup]

Awww! Casting my vote with those who like romantic stories!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Yup. A good portion of Holmes fans are here for the greatest friendship story in modern literature rather than for demonstrations of the precise thinking machine.

[sanguinity]

...and Watson took that advice so well.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

I can see the steam rising from Holmes' ears while reading SIGN.