I suppose the price of true art is that the artist must hold nothing back, even when the work would at first seem trivial. Wherever it leads, they must follow; whatever it demands, they must accomplish.
The emotional narratives of conventional stories do not look like nice, arched hills. They look like stock market bubbles — because bubbles are the literal manifestation of stories investors tell each other. Start, run-up, small peak/bear trap, take off, crash/normalisation.
1. Exposition — Yes. 2. Rising Action — Yes. 3. Climax — No. Perhaps minor victory, but only as part of the Complication. 4. Falling Action — The opposite. Complication gives way to the final Escalation of Tension. 5. Resolution — Half true; actually Climax and Denouement.
Actually think about that. What happens to the dog when it catches up with the car?
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Interview with J. Thornbury Can you give us an introduction to who you are, and the sort of things you like to create? My name's James, and I'm an author. I've been writing since I was very young. M...
I was thinking about quite a few different people when I wrote this, one of whom was the artist McKernan, who is involved in a class action lawsuit against AI companies infringing on her copyright. I hope she's successful.