Storytelling and Nihilism

[starchamber007]

“The final cause for the decline of story runs very deep. Values, the positive/negative charges of life, are at the soul of our art. The writer shapes story around the perception of what’s worth living for, what’s worth dying for, what’s foolish to pursue, the meaning of justice, truth-the essential values. In decades past, writer and society

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[bournefree]

Adaptation is still one of my favourite movies.

Is the quote from a particular book? I'd like to look further into this.

[starchamber007]

Its from STORY. Which is the best book I've ever read about writing. And I've read a LOT of books about writing. Even from the novelist's perspective, it is invaluable...

[schaard]

Fucking brilliant.