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14058661 No.14058661 [Reply] [Original]

>story starts by describing scenery with ample prose
Why do so many people do this?

>> No.14058673

You can say Tolstoy, we won't make fun of you.

>> No.14058680

>>14058673
Yes you will

>> No.14058783

>>14058661
So how do you suggest people start their stories?

>> No.14058789

>>14058783
With the main character already being dead and narrating how he got there

>> No.14058898

>>14058789
*record scratch*

>> No.14058908
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14058908

they're trying to paint a nice picture for you to imagine. Your imagination isn't dead bro, is it? If It is, I'm sorry, it's not your fault, the shit ass grey world did it to you.

>> No.14058961

>>14058908
I'm good enough at imagining things that I do not need every particle in the landscape individually described to me.

>> No.14058966

Gives the author a chance to establish the tone of the novel

>> No.14058967

>>14058961
just read a different book then you immense faggot

>> No.14059238

>>14058967
Read THIS