Comments on: Wrestling with Wild Things, Part 1

By: silly-na

silly-na — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13:18 +0000

Fenzel, I’ve always liked your full articles. Although the 2-page thing does make for a nice teaser, since I would be anticipating the next part had it not just been posted. But I usually read OTI when I’m taking a break from studying/work and 2 pages doesn’t give me enough closure to go back to work.

By: Dirce

Dirce — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:11:35 +0000

I can’t wait to read the next one…which is one of the reasons I favour a longer post. I am here to overthink and I’m willing to put in the effort of clicking my mouse a few extra times to do it :)

By: Jon Eric

Jon Eric — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:51:17 +0000

After a few days’ thought on the issue, I’m still in favor of posting the full article in one fell swoop. HOWEVER, if you MUST split it up, PLEASE don’t make us wait a full week between each part. One a day, or every other day, at least.

Thanking you,

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:02:03 +0000

Post the four-pager. I won’t read past the first two, but it makes me happy knowing the other two are out there.

By: Jon Eric

Jon Eric — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:12:44 +0000

I’d rather see it in one article. This one felt like it rambled a lot without ever getting to the point, and I suspect that condition would have been mitigated if you’d printed the rest of the article at once, as it would, in that case, have actually gotten to the point (I presume).

By: Kopakka el Incrópito

Kopakka el Incrópito — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:36:34 +0000

I’d have one post myself, makes easy for me. ( :

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:11:37 +0000

I’d rather have it all in one go for two reasons. First, Overthinking It is the essence of its name. I want to overthink it and explore every facet of whatever the topic is in one sitting. This leads into the second reason: breaking up the article reduces train of thought. It will be harder for me to come back and read the second part without first re-reading the first.

That said, good article. WTWTA is a great movie and the people who criticize it for being too complex or not for kids are missing the point entirely.

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:36:55 +0000

I haven’t seen the movie yet either, so I won’t read this article. But I have a four-year-old, and I read him Wild Things all the time, and I always, always choke up on the last page.

By: Matthew Wrather

Matthew Wrather — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:49:15 +0000

Also, nobody think for a second we’re making any damn money from ad revenue. In an extraordinarily good year, we’ll cover our costs. We haven’t had one of those yet. Hey, have a look at the “Donate” button in the sidebar.

Pete, I’m holding off reading this one till I see the movie. “Wild Things” is my favorite book ever. (Except for “Paradise Lost”.) And I am so relieved that you were favorably impressed with its artistry. It’s a very important endorsement, without which I might not have made it to the theater.

By: fenzel

fenzel — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:08:19 +0000

@thinkwatchthink

I assure you, I never insert page breaks to try to pad ad revenue. I vary page length primarily for aesthetic reasons. I don’t like to have lots of massive pages in a row, and I like to play with the varied lengths.

I also like to break the pages in such a way as to space out the graphics I have/have made to make each page look nice. When I have a high concentration of images in a piece, I’ll often make the pages shorter.

It also has to do with how the text passages work out. I’ve done a lot of modern poetry study and such, so I am a bit hypersensitive to the literary use of white space and frraming, even when it’s being implemented amateurishly.

So, yeah, I’m sorry if you ever got the impression you were being exploited for financial reasons. That was never my intention.