Poll: What would you say is the atomic unit of storytelling, the smallest meaningful slice of plot?
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Realized from the answers that unconsciously I am thinking of serialized atoms. There’s no reason the atoms have to be continuous segments of text. Though I can’t think of a candidate counterexample. Maybe a thread?
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As a person who's done tons of it I don't think this is wrong at all. The craft is made up of entirely different stuff and tends to operate on punch
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"operate on punch". this is it. this is the thing.
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Jokes and stories both share the tick-tock of tension & release. Longer form narratives have multiple instances of smaller tension and release that also fit into various tick+tock superstructures, that all link together like logic circuits. Not clear, multitasking
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After following accounts like Ctrlcreep for a really long time I definitely agree! Reminds me of something analogous you said in the longform blog course - develop the skill to evaluate the potential wordlength of an idea when you have one. Some ideas are just tweet-length
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