Hi, writer here. I'm guessing you're a reader, so I'm gonna explain you our relationship. Because when you read what I write, a relationship is created. One in which mutual respect is needed. From me to you in the manner that I write believable psychological developments, and sometimes believable strategic or physical (and in some cases magical, spiritual or theologically believable) developments. And the other type of respect, from you to me, giving me some leeway to breach conventional physics (or any of the above already mentioned) and also making a bit of effort to try to understand the characters or the world's actions / plot.
Keep always in mind that the twisted world I may present you isn't like the real world. Actually, it would be more accurate to call it an elaborated lie where you are willing to ignore part of your sense of disbelief to enjoy a new story.
Good stories are those where you feel empathy for your characters. As there are different abilities to feel empathy for different people, my story will be good sentimentally if most people feels empathetic with my character. There are other ways for your story to be good, for example, if you give a detailed description of the scene and doings of the characters.
The best stories are those in which an equilibrium is reached.In my opinion, Trudy Carnavan's The Black Mage Chronicles is one of such stories in which an equilibrium is reached.
On the other hand, The Lord of the Rings and Game Of Thrones are stories where the description of the scene dominates.
When reading Game Of Thrones, I usually had to stop reading every two chapters. It's just too dense and there are also too many threads of plot open (and yes, I'm still waiting for the 6th book).
About TLOTR, I begun reading it and stopped at the 7th chapter. My mind can't read that thing without thinking of it as a chore. Seriously, I would prefer to read the Bible over that trilogy.
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A Philosophical Reflection on Fiction
RandomExactly as the title says. Also, some insight into my mind, when you get past all the 'oh shiny...' (was it called attention deficit ?), you may find yourself before you a giant shelf. Now we will take a look into the Philosophy shelf, in the part d...
