@kohopeh.comDumas got paid by the line, stretching out serialized plots. 'Wait and hope' was a business model. Why should modern readers, who can click away in seconds, endure a slow-burn setup unless the story requires it?
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@kohopeh.comIf every scene must end in a clear victory or defeat, the narrative becomes exhausting and formulaic. Why can't we let scenes breathe in the static spaces?
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@kohopeh.comMy people...
Ce sont les miens.
(and the visual is great)
#livres
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@kohopeh.comThis has always been a major issue for indecisive people: you are sitting on the wall and getting confused when others mention inside outside.
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@kohopeh.comA novel is not Wikipedia. If your technical digression doesn't advance the plot or character arc, it is bloat. Why should readers wade through research dumps?
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@kohopeh.comYes, I am not Jules Verne, Umberto Eco or Ursula K. Le Guin. But I can pontificate (auto-correct: reflect) on my craft with the best of them.
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@kohopeh.comThe idea that any reader interpretation is valid once the author is 'dead' is lazy. It excuses poor reading comprehension. Shouldn't interpretations be anchored?
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@kohopeh.comWithout a map, aren't your beautiful scenes just wandering aimlessly? She does not say there should be no outline, does she?
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@kohopeh.comDie once the book is finished. One book, one writer.
And some writers have been bad before they wrote the book.
And...
Books, writers, judgments for all.
Do you prefer to throw the baby with the bathwater in case it is contagious?
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@kohopeh.comDitching the traditional climax for a 'gathering vessel' structure often results in books where nothing happens. Why should readers accept an inventory catalog instead of a payoff?
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@kohopeh.comDestabilizing your own mind for the sake of 'fiction truth' is self-destructive romanticism. PKD was gen psychedelics. Why prioritize psychological self-sabotage over the actual craft of discipline? Do you subscribe to the myth of the tortured artist?