“Don’t let my white duds and pleasant demeanor fool you.”
Tag: game of thrones
The Structure Toys with Us
What The Player is able to do is hold up the formal structure of a story without actual content. It anticipates the audience holds that form together in their minds. Whether innate and archetypal, or structurally etched into our minds by years of Aristotelian plotting and three-act structure, the form of story itself is most of the battle creating story.
When Fan Fiction Takes Over
The thing is, and it’s puzzling why few admit this, that if the audience gets the ending they are anticipating, they’re always disappointed.
A Fragile Dignity 