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faith_king

Well, hey there, an actual writing blog post about writing!

Apr 09, 2012 17:53

A friend posted on Facebook that he read the first chapter of The Hunger Games last night and had no subsequent problems putting it down and getting some sleep. He asked his friends: "Do you think I'm doing it wrong ( Read more... )

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jackwabbit April 10 2012, 02:00:19 UTC

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faith_king April 10 2012, 02:43:33 UTC

I don't mind a "down" ending if it's well-crafted. I read somewhere that the best story endings have both elements of win and loss, and I think that's about right.

Your attitude is probably the minority, but I wouldn't be surprised if things shift as the age scale climbs too. I was much more of an OTP type shipper ten years ago than I am now. But even then I wanted my ship to be against the backdrop of some bigger story with higher stakes.

(Enterprise SO TOTALLY ends with Terra Prime. Speak not to me of that... other ... thing... I already forgot its name. LOL)

I'm a few eps behind on Eureka... somehow I lost track of it during the summer. Will have to pick that up again soon, I guess, since I think S5 starts up this month?

jackwabbit April 10 2012, 03:00:33 UTC

Too true that age affects this. I used to be more OTP back in the day, too, but I'm still not sure I didn't appreciate the "not happily ever after" ending. Hard to say. Memory is not the most reliable thing. ;)

As for Terra Prime...OMG yes. So perfect. So lovely. So sad, but so right. The whole thing with Trip telling T'Pol about what Phlox discovered hinting at Spock and...oh, just be still my heart. Sigh. The end of Enterprise for sure.

Eureka is marathoning sometime soon (Monday?) in prep for the new season, which starts on the 16th. I saw a tweet about it. Maybe check Colin Ferguson or Neil Grayson's Twitter?

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jess_being_me April 11 2012, 03:32:45 UTC

For me, I think it depends on how much I am emotionally invested into the characters. After LOTR, I wanted to know what happened to Sam and the Red Book Frodo gave him. I wanted to know that he went off to the Grey Havens, etc.

Books are like TV shows in that sometimes the plot runs out and suddenly if the author feels the need to add more stuff, it has the potential of taking away from the main plot (and making it seem like it's dragging on forever and ever).

That's why I appreciate Tolkien's approach. You wanna know more? Fine, read the appendixes. If you don't, let Sam's last line be the end for you.