Re:Heretical Things Statistics Tell Us About Fiction
by grantsch on Sunday July 30, 2017 @04:45PM
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Just to be clear, I'm not a writer. That said, there are certain structural elements one expects to see in a well-crafted story... the same way you expect to see certain things in a good program.
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Re:Heretical Things Statistics Tell Us About Fiction
by ACow_Adonis on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:03AM
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Memento, Cloud Atlas, Moby Dick, 2001 space odyssey, melancholia, American psycho...
Not that I entirely disagree with you, but I think it's more analogous to say that Hollywood is in the business of making burgers. You expect certain structural elements in burgers: buns, centre, sauce. They're incredibly popular for a reason.
The problem comes when we say burgers are basically the superset of decent or nutritious cooking.