i agree to the extent that i only like nonsense in a story
when it seems to make sense to be nonsensical
(if that makes sense).
--- Dave Zeltserman <
dz@hardluckstories.com> wrote:
> David wrote:
>
> > i want a book
> > full of sex and danger, rain-soaked
streets,
> whiskey,
> > ambiguity, and a big fat question mark
hovering
> over
> > everything like the eye of a dead god.
(sings)
> > that's entertaaaainment!!
>
> same as me, as long as the sex, danger, etc.
makes
> sense and isn't
> just there for gratuitous effect. If it feels
true,
> then it works,
> otherwise it loses me.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> SPOILER:
>
> In the great Hammett short, The Gutting
of
> Couffignal, when the
> Continental Op shoots the Russian broad in the
leg
> and then asks her
> what'd she expected from a guy who'd steal a
crutch
> from a cripple--
> it was perfect. It was true to the character
and
> didn't cheat, and
> delivered an ending (and story) that resonates
with
> the reader. If
> Hammett wasn't a great writer and changed the
ending
> to something
> gratuitous, such as the Op ripping the broad's
dress
> and the two of
> them going at before eventually arresting her,
the
> story would've
> sucked, and we would've been cheated as
readers.
>
>
>
>
>
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