January 2010
7 posts
“Women and men of wit are dangerous tools,
And ever fatal to admiring fools:...”
– John Wilmot Earl of Rochester
Re: The Narrative Structuring of Stuff, etc...
Of the five outlines laid out earlier this month, only 2 and 4 - the even numbers - are found to be in any way bold or valuable, considering each in their formal way. This is shocking because everyone talks about story structure ONLY in terms of the odd numbers: 1, 3 and 5. The problem with talking about 2-act and 4-act structure is that it requires that you perform the exact act in which one...
Narrative Structuring of Stuff (in 1,2,3,4,& 5...
1: SSSSSTTTTTUUUUUFFFFF
2. This stuff; that stuff
3. Stuff is moving along; stuff falls the hell apart; stuff is resolved, for better or worse
4. Bad stuff; worse stuff; the worst stuff; the stuff of miracles
5. Stuff is complacent; stuff unfolds based on a bad decision; stuff tries to fix itself but cannot and actually unravels further; stuff gets used to being unraveled only to stumble...
