Post by account_disabled on Dec 30, 2023 9:32:44 GMT
A few years ago a blog reader asked me for my opinion on some stories she had written. I don't like giving opinions like that, because I'm just a reader (and because then I have to please anyone who asks me), but they were very short texts and I agreed to read them. They were thoughts, as I replied. Not stories. Thoughts written in one go. There were no characters, there were no scenes, there was no setting, there were no events, facts, problems. They were just words written in a stream of consciousness that led nowhere. Not that they are useless, writing what comes to mind as an outlet is good for both mood and writing. But it's not enough to write a story.
Writing a story requires structure, among other things. The emotional order of events Every story has an emotional core, and that emotional core is how the narrator feels about the events he or she is describing . Johnny Dzubak, “How to Tell a Great Story” in «The Art of Charm» To tell a story we can use a chronological order or an order that follows our own logic (see fabula and plot ), but this order must above all be an emotional order . Dzubak maintains that the writer must first feel his story, then feel Special Data emotions about what he is narrating, about what is happening, about the environment. If he doesn't feel all of this, it's difficult for him to make his readers feel emotions. The emotional order is an order of events that leads to a crescendo of tension , of suspense, which reaches a maximum peak (the climax), and then brings the reader down and gives him a well-deserved respite.
The climax is the orgasm of the story. It is the point of maximum emotion. A story is not very different from a roller coaster: you get into your car and slowly start to climb, until you begin to experience more and more intense emotions and sensations, until you climb higher and higher and everything seems lost, and then you see your car. descend and slow down and leave you shaken, even upset, but still satisfied. That will be an experience you will remember. A story is one and the same thing: it must be an experience to remember . Cormac McCarthy and the stories that lead to suicide The words McCarthy once said about writing a novel are powerful, but it's hard to argue with him. In his career he has written few novels, but each of those novels is a stab in the heart. According to McCarthy, it's not worth writing stories that don't lead you to suicide.
Writing a story requires structure, among other things. The emotional order of events Every story has an emotional core, and that emotional core is how the narrator feels about the events he or she is describing . Johnny Dzubak, “How to Tell a Great Story” in «The Art of Charm» To tell a story we can use a chronological order or an order that follows our own logic (see fabula and plot ), but this order must above all be an emotional order . Dzubak maintains that the writer must first feel his story, then feel Special Data emotions about what he is narrating, about what is happening, about the environment. If he doesn't feel all of this, it's difficult for him to make his readers feel emotions. The emotional order is an order of events that leads to a crescendo of tension , of suspense, which reaches a maximum peak (the climax), and then brings the reader down and gives him a well-deserved respite.
The climax is the orgasm of the story. It is the point of maximum emotion. A story is not very different from a roller coaster: you get into your car and slowly start to climb, until you begin to experience more and more intense emotions and sensations, until you climb higher and higher and everything seems lost, and then you see your car. descend and slow down and leave you shaken, even upset, but still satisfied. That will be an experience you will remember. A story is one and the same thing: it must be an experience to remember . Cormac McCarthy and the stories that lead to suicide The words McCarthy once said about writing a novel are powerful, but it's hard to argue with him. In his career he has written few novels, but each of those novels is a stab in the heart. According to McCarthy, it's not worth writing stories that don't lead you to suicide.