Where Does Writing Go Wrong?

[NOIRTRASH]

With digressions and flashbacks.

That is, create a logical thread in your story and stick to it UNLESS tHE OTHER STUFF CREATES HARMONY.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTUXKWnHH-g

 

[NOIRTRASH]

DISSONANCE: a tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements.

Most writers never GET the idea dissonance is supposed to be expressed within story conflicts. Dissonanance outside of conflict is noise.

The Wienie Wagger and Jailbait John will disagree, of course.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I'm reading a hard crime fiction book filled with cocktail chatter about why all the poor dears become rapists and killers and thugs. Jesus. In 1971 I went from liberal to fascist after some poor dears stole everything I owned. Why is irrelevant to good writing. If a sweetheart and a poor dear leap off a bridge, theyre both dead. God and the Angels don't give a shit about why. Neither do readers.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

The longer I think about my proposition the more confident I am of the proposition.

I need examples to make the case. But WIENIE WANKER and JAILBAIT JILL will shit if I use LIT samples. So I'll look at other sites.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

“I had just started dating this guy from work, and this new girl got hired right around that time. She made it really clear she was interested, but I had never been with a girl before, and I was supposed to be dating this guy. He told me he didn't want anyone to know we were dating (red flag, I know) and as time went on, he was an increasingly crappier human. One day, I ended up spitefully hooking up with this girl in my car, and after I broke up with him, we ended up dating and have been living together for almost two years. What a way to find out you like women too.”


^^^Typical confession.

Is it 'real'? No. It's too coherent and cohesive for an average respondent. Its too processed, and ready for development into a story.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

Based on your typical analysis - most stories go wrong somewhere between its opening sentence and the end of its first paragraph.

 

[TxRad]

Based on your typical analysis - most stories go wrong somewhere between its opening sentence and the end of its first paragraph.

Which is better than his normal assertion that all stories on Lit go wrong between the first and second word.

More of his "hey, look at me" bullshit.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Too bad so many here are on IGGY.

TAX RAT elevated DUH? to modern art. But, seen one DUH (or Picasso or LIT story) and you seen em all.