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11 July 2012
Elements of Fiction: A Neo-Aristotelian Flow Chart
@if: would that go, say, under the misgivings head?
@RG: Plot is the place where when you kick the bucket they lay you out. Duh. Planning: I had a hard time separating that out from preparation, but I sorted it out thusly: preparation includes buying swords and armor and helmets and stuff and girding up your loins; planning means figuring out where you're going to land your vessel and fight your way across to the rocky shoreline and the route you'll take through the woods to capture the village. Or, if you sprechen sie Deutsch, the line your blitzkrieg will take through Belgique en route a Paris. Savvy?
I'm guessing a paranoia box might fit in there somewhere.
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I used to love that game.
ReplyDeleteBut one query: plot? What's that? And planning? Sprechen sie Englisch.
@if: would that go, say, under the misgivings head?
ReplyDelete@RG: Plot is the place where when you kick the bucket they lay you out. Duh. Planning: I had a hard time separating that out from preparation, but I sorted it out thusly: preparation includes buying swords and armor and helmets and stuff and girding up your loins; planning means figuring out where you're going to land your vessel and fight your way across to the rocky shoreline and the route you'll take through the woods to capture the village. Or, if you sprechen sie Deutsch, the line your blitzkrieg will take through Belgique en route a Paris. Savvy?