We're back up.
I definitely agree with your plan, Bob. I think that's something that should be at the core of our mission. Those pages you mentioned, in particular are important, because they're at the base of good writing. For Chehov's Gun, I'm reminded of a quote I read a while ago from JMS:
is that its stated topic is "the tools of the trade of writing fiction",
but it's really more about consumption of media than creation. Most
subpages are for audience reaction. Pages like "genre" and "subtext"
are bare-bones, and "central theme" is hardly used anywhere. The end
result here is that people get writing ideas, but no real writing
context. And the "Tropes are LEGOs" troper/writers. So yes, I'd like to see All The Tropes become more of a writer's collective than a fan collective (though fans are welcome too, of course).
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I definitely agree with your plan, Bob. I think that's something that should be at the core of our mission. Those pages you mentioned, in particular are important, because they're at the base of good writing. For Chehov's Gun, I'm reminded of a quote I read a while ago from JMS:
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that M,SW in particular taught me the importance of playing fair with
the audience, and that takes two forms: first, you have to make sure
that all of your clues or the information an audience needs is right
there in front of them, so that when they back up the episode (or the
season in our case) everything is visible, they just didn’t know how to
interpret it. Second, you have to provide proper closure to a story, so
the audience feels satisfied at the end of an episode (or a season)
that they’ve gotten a full story worth their time and emotional
investment.
is that its stated topic is "the tools of the trade of writing fiction",
but it's really more about consumption of media than creation. Most
subpages are for audience reaction. Pages like "genre" and "subtext"
are bare-bones, and "central theme" is hardly used anywhere. The end
result here is that people get writing ideas, but no real writing
context. And the "Tropes are LEGOs" troper/writers. So yes, I'd like to see All The Tropes become more of a writer's collective than a fan collective (though fans are welcome too, of course).
-- ∇×V