/lit/ - Literature

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there is no subtlety, there is no mystique. ideas, concepts, voices, thoughts, actions are shoved down your throat. There is no silence, there is no grace. Everything is too LOUD and no one knows how to let the fucking song play out. Visual media is a plague that stunted your imagination, and everyone needs to know EXACTLY what happens at EVERY given moment. Anime certainly didnt help things, with its vapid approach to social interacting, stunting a generation's prefrontal development. But that's not even the worst thing about modern storytelling. No, its actually much simpler than you think.

Do you know one of the biggest fundamentals to storytelling is? Its something Ive found in nearly every modern book after a PAINFUL examination and study of them. DON'T DENY THE READER HIS IMAGINATION. That's the whole fucking POINT of a book. In a proper book, your imagination is practically A PART of the book. TWO PEOPLE who read the same think aren't going to see exactly the same thing and that's the POINT. A story should be engrossing. Your protagonist needs to have motivation. The conflict needs to be clear. EVERYTHING needs to be clear, and NOT a SINGLE event, or character, or dialogue should be wasted. NOT a SINGLE word should go to waste. And most importantly, STOP DENYING THE READER THEIR IMAGINATION. I WANT TO FEEL LIKE IM INSIDE A WORLD STOP FUCKING TELLING ME HOW TO IMAGINE THE FUCKING WORLD IM SUPPOSED TO DO THAT MYSELF