I’m really interested in diving into the questions of what makes storytelling work and how that varied across time and cultures.
How does the tense and point of view actually affect the story being told? How does suspension of disbelief work? How are tropes and cliches formed? How do they effect how a story is told? What are elements of storytelling that we take for granted?
Obviously I have a lot of questions. Some of them seem simple, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was more to them.
Like I said, not necessarily an instructional book (although I do plan on reading some of those). I just feel like there’s some elements of storytelling that may be glossed over if there was a focus on the reader being an aspiring writer. And I don’t necessarily want the analysis to be limited by medium or genre.
I know that’s probably a lot to fit into one book, so if there’s anything that’s more specific that’s fine too. I’m just fascinated in how much we take for granted in how stories are told.
by StaleTheBread