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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
I have no problem with what you said about character development. Without character, you don't have much of anything, and in any great work of fiction it's the characters you remember years after, not the story. But breaking it down into "rules" is generally what they teach in creative writing classes, and it tends to lead to hack writing. I'm sorry if it offended you, and maybe it did come out harshly, but I've spent most of my life writing in some capacity or another, and the mention of rules always bugs me.
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I appreciate that thanks.
It's not just rules - I said they can also be broken. But if you do - you best do it right and if you can't do it right then you follow the "guide". This show isn't doing it well. After this discussion I decided to watch Breaking Bad again from episode one. It opens with them coming down the bunny trail in the mobile home in ugly underwear with gas masks on... Hilarious. Then Walt hears sirens, takes a camera and says good-bye to his family and proceeds to walk to the street with a loaded gun ready for battle. <end scene>
BRILLIANT
Now look at Revolutions open and subsequent story following. It's GREAT idea but poor execution.
I'd totally nerd out and break down both episodes but I have 3 projects to finish... Man I really want to though.