3) i am super-curious if the discorders bring you any enlightenment :)
i guess the only counterexample that comes to mind wrt narrative's importance in writing is perhaps the works of Virginia Woolf—but much as i liked her when i read her this past spring, i tried several times in high school to get into her and it just didn't click. like, you have to be... open to the idea that "oh there is no story here, i'm just supposed to soak in some vibes" to get into it. whereas anyone can appreciate a good story. whereas movies can be flashy/explosiony/whatever and still be compelling, games can be make-a-number-go-up-y and still be compelling... yeah, there's something to this framing i think~
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Date: 2019-01-23 07:34 am (UTC)i guess the only counterexample that comes to mind wrt narrative's importance in writing is perhaps the works of Virginia Woolf—but much as i liked her when i read her this past spring, i tried several times in high school to get into her and it just didn't click. like, you have to be... open to the idea that "oh there is no story here, i'm just supposed to soak in some vibes" to get into it. whereas anyone can appreciate a good story. whereas movies can be flashy/explosiony/whatever and still be compelling, games can be make-a-number-go-up-y and still be compelling... yeah, there's something to this framing i think~