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JAMESBJOHNSON
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What makes a story spell-binding?
Serafina1210
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Being printed in a grimoire?
DirtyAllie
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I suppose it would be a story about a spelling bee.
Or witchcraft.
Seriously, for me its dialogue. Long narratives and descriptions will put me to sleep even if its well written.
But if the dialogue and character interaction is smooth and well done I can just keep reading.
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I'm thinking any category of writing.
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I'm into realism above all, the harsher and grittier the better. I love honest, straightforward storytelling. When the author can create the illusion that I'm reading a true story. When they make me a voyeur, especially to the not-so-glorious details. I love an uncomfortable balancing act between the repulsive and the alluring, and when those lines start to blur. I just read a Gil Brewer short story with that quality, and the sense of dread he created was hypnotizing.
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I like Gil Brewer. He wrote plenty of stories set around Tampa.
