Poll: What would you say is the atomic unit of storytelling, the smallest meaningful slice of plot?
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Replying to @vgr
I’ve always liked this quote from EM Forster: “The king died and then the queen died” is a story. But “the king died and then the queen died of grief” is a plot. (Note in each case you need two events, not one, the atomic unit is the link, not the node)
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Replying to @ChrisVermilion
Huh this is an interesting insight
6:40 PM - 24 Nov 2020
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