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Plotting: Part II: Addicted to Plot
Posted in On Structuring Plot, tagged action, addiction, Atlantic City, book, casino, emotional, gambling, give and take, investment, mechanics, monetary, nerd, plotting, principle, protagonist, repetition, reward, scene, slog, time, time sink, video games, winner, writing on June 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Elusive Plot
Posted in On Structuring Plot, tagged objectivity, plot, writing on April 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Objectivity doesn’t exist. Something happens, and the moment it’s over the only thing we are left with is our interpretation of what took place. “Facts,” an equally slippery term, are as a result hardly as important as the impact. The impact. Few resources are as rich with storytelling potential as our reaction to something that’s [...]
