typree's Recent Activity
-
typree replied to the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
Also, as a footnote... See, there actually is a market for stories which break narrative conventions. As I was reading the thread, I...
Apr 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM -
typree replied to the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
Okay, I've been meaning to read this thread for a while. I had no idea it was going to be like this! Now that I've read it, all I can...
Apr 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM -
typree liked Kalisto's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
Disclaimer: I did not read the entire thread, so I'm not sure if I'm really adding anything to the conversation. But I think the OP got...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM -
typree liked ps102's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
I think this is very true. You can write whatever you want, but if you want to sell it to people, it needs to be something that they'll...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM -
typree liked ps102's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
You can have all the freedom you want in your writing. You're free to write what you want, however you want. The others here have done...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM -
typree liked B.E. Nugent's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
There's two differernt things going on. Writing: There are no rules, no constraints. Switch off spell check, abandon sentence...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM -
typree liked Rath Darkblade's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
Ashley, I'm afraid moose is right. Firstly, your question -- i.e. why do people like stories that follow a structure? -- is going...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM -
typree liked big soft moose's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
as I said higher up the short version as to why humans find a story with a beginning middle and end satisfying is because that’s how...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM -
typree liked Ashley Miller's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
I know writers need to keep readers interested, get them to care about characters and give them an emotional payoff. But that NOT what I...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM -
typree liked Ashley Miller's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
The original question was not how do these structures work but why? Why do stories all follow the mono myth, the hero's journey or save...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM -
typree liked Ashley Miller's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
But do all stories really come with a structure? And if so, why? Why do they have structure?
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM -
typree liked Ashley Miller's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
No I am not a "pantser." In fact I'm the opposite. I want to understand why these repeating patterns exist, why they work, what effect...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM -
typree liked Rath Darkblade's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
Think of it this way. (I'll use a chess analogy, because having played chess for decades, I'm very familiar with it). ;) A story...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM -
typree liked ps102's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
It doesn't mean we're robots. It just means that we're abiding to certain principles. Refer back to my post. How are you going to write...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM -
typree liked big soft moose's post in the thread I find writing structures depressing. Why do they exist? Why do they matter?.
Essentially because it always has ever since story telling became a thing the preference has been for the tale to build towards an...
Apr 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
