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11132418 No.11132418 [Reply] [Original]

Premise doesn't matter. Plot doesn't matter. ANYTHING can be good if it's written well.

>> No.11132433

Yeah

>> No.11132437

Nah

>> No.11132441

>>11132418
this is a fat Jay
Mike's genes are RECESSIVE

>> No.11132442

>>11132418
this is a fat Jay
Mike's genes are RECESSIVE

>> No.11132444

>>11132437
A talented writer could make their shopping list compelling.

>> No.11132452

>>11132433
A talented writer couldn't make their shopping list compelling.

>> No.11132455

I guess, but a book with an interesting premise, well thought out plot and good characters that is written well is likely better.

>> No.11132460

I guess, but a book with an interesting premise, well thought out plot and good characters that is written well is likely better.

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>>11132433
>>11132437
>>11132441
>>11132442
>>11132444
>>11132452
>>11132455
>>11132460

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>>11132418
>Reading for plot

>> No.11132556

Wrong. Plot is the skeleton, without it beautiful prose is just an amorphous blob. A good plot sets the dramatic occasion for beautiful language.

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>>11132545
Reading for prose

>> No.11132577

>>11132556
read Dukla by Stasiuk and tell me

>> No.11132582

Plot > Setting > Character > Prose

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The plot is the prose
The prose is the plot

Say it with me

The plot is the prose
The prose is the plot

>> No.11132751

>The normies: "muh plot and characters"
>The manchildren: "muh symbolism"
>The pseuds: "muh prose and metric"
>The retards: "muh internalized racism"

We all lose, now go back to actually read you mongrel.

>> No.11132920

>>11132545
Based Osborne poster

>> No.11133601

>>11132418
These guys are fucking idiots and I almost always disagree with them

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>>11132751
um. pretty much this.