ldhenson

That really bothers me, when a writer I like says that. I mean, I can understand it, from the writer's own point of view. But as a reader, I feel that reading about a particular plot element in one writer's story doesn't mean I wouldn't like to read it (maybe even more) in a different writer's story, maybe somebody whose style I like better. I can't even count the number of times I've seen a plot done in a mediocre or downright terrible way and thought "I wish XYZ had done this / would do this: she'd do it so much better!"

And the thought that a writer as good as you might be letting other treatments of the same plot elements stop them from putting them a story is... very upsetting!