/lit/ - Literature

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terrible story with good prose is passable

good story with terrible prose is not okay

Both

>>6392856
I think the story is more important and the prose is something you can adjust later.

>>6392863
I meant as a published work

>>6392863
>things plebs say

>>6392889
>>6392869
Take philip k. dick. horrible prose but every story is a potential hit movie.

>>6392852
>What's more important, a good story or your prose?
typography

>>6392944
Dicks prose is decent. Functional and unobtrusive

>>6392852

>>6392856
I think I'd disagree, good prose flows out of a good story

>>6393276
who is Dumas father?

>>6392852
Both.

A good prose without good story is pointless, a good story without good prose is dry.

>>6392852
>The exterior of the car is all that matters, what's on the inside is completely irrelevant

You take it and it breaks down six blocks from the dealership.

>>6393282
Some aristocrat?

>>6393338
This might get me some hate, but it kinda depends on what you want. If you just want to get from a to b functionality is more important than style, if you want to be seen though I guess it's the other way around. I for one enjoy almost more enjoy reading wikia entries about a particular story than the actual books they're based on. Weird but true.

>>6392852
both
but if one's really great, it can completely compensate for the other
it's best if both are good