I've really enjoyed following this particular thread of late.
Just for my remedial clarification: would it be fair to say
that formula is essentially a template for plot and form is
the manner in which the template is put into practice?
Thanks for the great thread!
Best, Harry
Quoting Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com>:
> --- Steve Novak <
Cinefrog@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Auster, Robbe Grillet, Perec all are on the
fringes
>> of crime/noir, playing
>> with the genre, playing with the themes,
the
>> characters, l¹atmosph貥, the
>> style (above all)....all very worthwhile...check
it
>> all out...very rewarding
>> no matter what and it unclogs the neurons in
ways
>> thousands of other
>> crime/noir stories won¹t
>
>
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> This is very true. Reading these writers, as I
have,
> will teach each of us the elements of a story to
avoid
> so as not to come off pretensious horse's asses,
and
> the elements of style to avoid so as not to bore
the
> majority of our readers to death.
>
> Patrick King
>
>
>
>
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