#this isnt about anything specific (though I think its mostly applicable to comics lol) but just. I think its a lot harder to make a story | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

allgremlinart · 9 months ago

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yeah I know this piece of media has a ton of themes and motifs but like. is it entertaining and coherent ? because if it fails to be engaging or coherent I cant actually consider it the triumph you say it is, but, well. I AM on the themes and motifs website, so please start writing my obituary

#this isnt about anything specific (though I think its mostly applicable to comics lol) but just. I think its a lot harder to make a story #engaging than people give credit for - if anything by focusing too much on the message I think it does a disservice to the craft of #storytelling if its the only metric you judge by!! especially since these things so often go hand in hand and a good story usually has many #of its own intricacies which make up part of why it IS a good story - but I think from the perspective of someone who WANTS to tell stories #if you get too bogged down in what you're trying to say you might end up forgetting to make the journey THERE itself interesting.#and if the journey to the message is uninteresting then how do you expect people to follow it to its completion and comprehend it in full?#also dont get it twisted I LOVE THEMES AND MOTIFS AND THEMES AND MOTIFS POSTING!!! but there are other underrated storytelling aspects imo.

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