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Poll: What would you say is the atomic unit of storytelling, the smallest meaningful slice of plot?
  • Event
    23.6%
  • Beat
    37.6%
  • Dialogue exchange
    24.4%
  • Other
    14.4%
729 votesFinal results
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Unpopular take: I don’t think microfiction illuminates atomic structure of long stories. They’re fun but more closely related to jokes. The essence of long story is compounding accumulation across the atoms.
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