Friday, April 3, 2009
An article concerning the concept of "Plot" versus "Story" found on the io9 Science Fiction Website.
Though The online Science Fiction community gets my hackles up in a bunch, I found this article to be interesting, despite being minimally informative. Hope you enjoy, and that we can discuss.
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Labels: construction, creationism, Joss Whedon, making things up, plot, plot-driven, pulp fiction, sci-fi, science fiction, stories, story-driven, storytelling, writing
Labels: construction, creationism, Joss Whedon, making things up, plot, plot-driven, pulp fiction, sci-fi, science fiction, stories, story-driven, storytelling, writing
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"''plot-driven' stories are ones in which the author forces the characters to go in the direction the plot requires, whether it makes sense or not."
Huge, huge problem when it comes to certain TV shows.
Red Shirt writer: So how are we going to jump forward thousands of years in the future and not have any lingering technology from the past? There's just no way to do it that makes sense.
Moore: STFU! That's how it's gonna end and I don't care how! We'll just say jesus did it. You're fired!
Red Shirt writer: (in droid voice) "WHYYYYYyyyyyyyy..."
by the way, the little blue dude: awesome
...So what's that flag behind him? Looks familiar...
/shrug.
Dunno, I think I just needed something for the background.
The E.M. Forster quote sums up the article so well, the author may have been wiser to leave it out.
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