A good story is something with an interesting premise that builds logically to a satisfying and suprising conclusion
William Goldman, ‘Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures In The Screen Trade’
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A good story is something with an interesting premise that builds logically to a satisfying and suprising conclusion
William Goldman, ‘Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures In The Screen Trade’
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Now that is a really great book. The first one is good too.
Aye. In fact i think i got more from the first one, and i preferred the tone – less ‘hardball’
I was just thinking that (since you haven’t updated in a few days and I’m referring to your site a lot so I keep getting that quote again) I end up reading “life” in place of “story” and, then, thinking about “a satisying and surprising conclusion.” neat
and, by the way, good job on praising Sheffield.