tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197208703640480904.post7793087289511229649..comments2022-11-01T12:15:08.536-06:00Comments on SUE BATTY MCGHEE'S MCFIN DIN: The Elements of StoryThe Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07687356769573435116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197208703640480904.post-12793443903728691982011-11-30T22:22:13.914-07:002011-11-30T22:22:13.914-07:00Hi Ray,
By definition, commercial fiction would...Hi Ray, <br /> <br />By definition, commercial fiction would have to have sales as a primary function; ie, write in order to sell and entertain along the way; I agree there’s certainly nothing wrong with entertaining and commercial fiction, but I also agree that art is a means to communicate deeper and sometimes impenetrable truths, which in a way, renders structured “story” unnecessary or secondary at best. <br /><br />Not only can the antagonist not be a person (as you say), but it can be as amorphous as the wind: an anguished search for the meaning of morality, existence and God conveyed through words that rise from the writer’s mind at a precise moment of inspiration. You can’t anticipate it; you simply have to be aware when it happens. <br /><br />Thank you for your comment, and for your informative blog discussing “Literature as an Art Form” @ http://journalpulp.com/2011/11/04/literature-as-an-art-form/The Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687356769573435116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197208703640480904.post-35036752937583545472011-11-30T03:17:42.447-07:002011-11-30T03:17:42.447-07:00Kristen Lamb is nothing if not formulaic -- and I ...Kristen Lamb is nothing if not formulaic -- and I don't necessarily mean that pejoratively. She by her own admission is writing about a very specific type of fiction: commercial fiction.<br /><br />In fact, though, conflict in literature can be psychological or inner, as in some of Dostoevsky's best novels, or it can be external, or it can be a combination of all three. A conflict is simply a clash, a struggle, a struggle that must take the form of action, yes, but this action needn't be purely physical. <br /><br />Which is why your antagonist can legitimately <i>not</i> be a person. <br /><br />And I don't think it sounds corny.Rayhttp://journalpulp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com