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Published on 21 August 2007 in Journal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

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Following The Rules

Published on 10 January 2006 in Journal. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .
The more I read and the more I write, the more that I notice how stories are all fundamentally the same. This is hardly a unique thought. The Greeks understood it well enough to define every aspect of their theater around it. And, in many ways, the thousands of years between us and them have only added a couple new formulas and hundreds of thousands of embellishments. What's the point of writing (or reading) if every story is just the same thing in new packaging? Well, personally, I tend to like shiny new packages, but, that weakness aside, people continue reading and telling the same basic stories because they work. Now, I never went in for the idea that there's a universal Oedipal complex or anything like that, but there is a reason that a basic storyline works. Normal person stumbles into extraordinary situation; overcoming obstacles turns person into a hero; hero's life can never be normal again. Doesn't sound like much, but, hey, it worked for Neverwhere and Star Wars, didn't it? Or maybe Ender's Game? Or The Lord of the Rings? It's the embellishments and details that make the story new and exciting. It's the fundamental archetype that gives the story its needed emotional force. That's why I spent the last couple of chapters of Neverwhere yelling at Richard that he couldn't go back to London Above because it just wasn't right and he couldn't possibly be happy there now. (Disclaimer: I'm not saying that all creations built on an archetype succeed; the writer has to do a good job with those characters and embellishments to make it interesting enough to be worth reading the same story you've read your entire life.) In a way, I think everyone knows these archetypes and such as unspoken rules. If you don't build on them, you're breaking The Rules. It's like having evil conquer over good. As the Boy in The Princess Bride knows, the story's no good if Humperdinck gets away and Westley dies. Someone's got to kill the bad guy. Fail to end the story the way it's demanding to be ended and you're cheating. And chances are that people won't like it. For example, The Lord of the Rings could end with everybody living happily ever after and Frodo being a great hero with a fantastic and happy life and ten fingers, but the story wouldn't be as powerful (or, in my humble opinion, as good) because that ending cheapens the struggle. If someone doesn't lose their chance at happiness, then that evil must not have been so bad after all. (This, incidentally, is why I think that J. K. Rowling has to kill Harry at the end of Book Seven. To me, if Harry lives happily ever after, it ruins the whole series. I frequently get in trouble for saying this to HP fans. Then again, my LOTR example flies in the face of countless fanfiction writers and readers, but maybe it's best not to found my literary philosophies on them. ;) ) Maybe it's a question of realism, which is a funny term to use when talking about fantastical stories, but it's vital nonetheless. The best writing advice I ever received was to put a little good in your antagonists and make sure there are weaknesses in your protagonists. Nobody is completely evil or completely good, and well-written characters mirror that. If there's no realism to a story, there's nothing for anyone to relate to in the characters or events. That typically kills a reader's interest, which is a Bad Thing. (Sort of like my stating the obvious throughout this entire post.) The Rules give something for readers to relate to, no matter how strange the places and characters may seem. I think that most successful stories tend to fall into two categories: those that directly follow archetypes and those that challenge the way the reader sees the world. Some stories manage both. Neverwhere, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars go under the first category. Despite their elaborate and very different details, the stories follow a very basic archetype and adhere closely to The Rules and a reader's (or viewer's) expectations. Books like Wicked go into the second category. Start juggling with questions of the gray space that lies between good and evil and you've got a tougher job as a writer and something that's more likely to challenge the thoughts of a reader. Both, when done well, are excellent and enjoyable. Chances are that both succeed when they follow The Rules. So what are The Rules? I think about this a lot actually, and I've never come up with a good way to verbalize it. It's the sort of thing where you can hear a story and know whether it's followed The Rules based on your reaction at the end (or middle, or even beginning depending on how terrible the story is). In the end, I think the Boy's reaction in the middle of The Princess Bride is spot-on. If Humperdinck marries Buttercup and no one kills him, then what's the point of reading?

Friends and Movies, Movies and Friends

Published on 20 November 2005 in Journal. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .
It's odd, but things are winding relatively slowly into the Thanksgiving holiday this year. Aside from a test on Friday, most of last week's obstacles came on Tuesday. I can't go to most of my classes Wednesday if I'm to make my flights to North Carolina, and my Tuesday classes, by an odd twist of fate, were all cancelled. I'm left with a one-day work week, which is virtually unthinkable but will hopefully provide me with some time to catch up on grad applications (or, even, God willing, allow me some time to work on restyling around here). The weekend's been great fun, so far, leading off, unsurprisingly with a trip to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. As someone who hasn't read the books, I can't comment on this, that, or the other thing that were left out for time reasons, but I will say that I enjoyed the film. The end did leave me somewhat in the lurch because too many implications remained completely untouched, but I was pleased overall. I don't know that they could have found anyone more perfect for Voldemort than Ralph Fiennes. I'd say a few words more, but that would get me into the realm of spoilers, so I won't. Perhaps I'll write an entry later dedicated to discussing the movie in greater detail. I acted like a real college student after the movie; we stayed up talking and laughing and being generally silly until 4 a.m. It was fun, and my sleep schedule is now thoroughly messed up. Alas. It's become something of a tradition for some of our friends to get together the weekend before Thanksgiving and cook our own Thanksgiving meal to share, and we did that Saturday night. My only real contribution was the mashed potatoes, though I did clean part of the kitchen and carry the pumpkin pies to Kathy and Ben's. Dinner itself was great; the conversations were even better. It was relaxing, and that was a nice way to get into the holiday season. We followed dinner with a viewing of the original film version of The Producers, which is nowhere near as good as the musical but still has its moments. "Springtime for Hitler" had us howling with laughter, but I find that's a general effect of that song. The best way to top off the night was to head down to Film Society, where they were showing The Princess BrideThe Empire Strikes Back as they'd intended. The copy of the film they had was an original, which makes the film itself 18 years old and not in the greatest condition. Splicing meant that there were little jumps in picture and dialogue, which quite possibly made the film funnier. One of my favorites occurred at the beginning when the Grandfather announced, "Westley did not have money for marriage [skip] so it was an emotional time for Buttercup." Another amusing one took place in the Pit of Despair: "So it's to be torture [skip] torture" [Albino shakes his head] "You don't believe me?" There was only one instance when it was disappointing, and that was when Inigo was in the middle of killing Count Rugen. The price we pay, I suppose. The audience, being Case nerds, could probably have acted out the entire film word-for-word, but we did restrain ourselves, primarily to a chorus every time Inigo started in on his you-killed-my-father mantra. I'd been hoping for three-and-a-half years to see that film here at Case, and I wasn't let down by the experience in any way.