A relevant reminder to always have each part be a little story in of itself, the oral storytellers of old understood this when they weren't telling a tale that finished in a single sitting.
One need not revert always to status quo, but certainly one must think of what use we are making of the reader's time, as one would a listener.
Great points! Long form storytelling can be done well—for instance, there have been some very good TV shows made from Dickens novels—but there must be actual story going on and there must be a satisfying conclusion.
I somewhat agree here, except we won't see a return to meaningful art or entertainment UNTIL the people pushing politics are kicked out of our industry (and until the millionaire scumbags no longer sense a threat to their reputations & positions for the immorality they perpetrate).
Except that I enjoyed Stranger Things. I enjoyed Severance. Even Silo, with its horrible agenda-laden plot, was enjoyable! The glacial speed CAN be meaningful storytelling: the pacing can develop intrigue or don a sense of tranquility in the viewer.
Paganism is all about the ongoing miasma done in pageantry. For us Christians, storytelling is about a finished tale, an answer, a sacrifice done, an epic with a finality!
A relevant reminder to always have each part be a little story in of itself, the oral storytellers of old understood this when they weren't telling a tale that finished in a single sitting.
One need not revert always to status quo, but certainly one must think of what use we are making of the reader's time, as one would a listener.
Great points! Long form storytelling can be done well—for instance, there have been some very good TV shows made from Dickens novels—but there must be actual story going on and there must be a satisfying conclusion.
I somewhat agree here, except we won't see a return to meaningful art or entertainment UNTIL the people pushing politics are kicked out of our industry (and until the millionaire scumbags no longer sense a threat to their reputations & positions for the immorality they perpetrate).
Except that I enjoyed Stranger Things. I enjoyed Severance. Even Silo, with its horrible agenda-laden plot, was enjoyable! The glacial speed CAN be meaningful storytelling: the pacing can develop intrigue or don a sense of tranquility in the viewer.
60 years later and few things have been able to recapture the sheer magic of The Twilight Zone's original five seasons.
Drive was one of my favor episodes of X files. Bryan Cranston was so good he got tapped for Breaking Bad.
My other favorite was "Field Trip" with the giant underground mushroom.
They did great storytelling then.
Now, the Field Trip episode sounds like a Season of Stranger Things.
Inspiration is the mother of creative work, but constraints are its father.
You'll remember that extending The Twilight Zone an extra half hour doomed the show because that sort of story worked better in a shorter format.
"mysteries are only as good as their answers" This is excellent writing advice.
Paganism is all about the ongoing miasma done in pageantry. For us Christians, storytelling is about a finished tale, an answer, a sacrifice done, an epic with a finality!