Happy endings? Sad endings?
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:03 pm
I read a book about writing that addressed the question: Happy endings or sad endings?
The author's personal preference was "natural consequences." I went hmmm . . . . Yes, that is a satisfying choice for me. So like Escriba says, you get the ball rolling with some outrageous situation and then figure how everyone would react and how it would "naturally" play out.
So what if Trip is stuck away from T'Pol during the pon far? Could happen . . . What if Lorian wants to mindmeld and his parents forbid it? Could happen . . . What if Trip and T'Pol marry and Trip ages faster than T'Pol? I really want to know how these things turn out, not how we miraculously avoid the distressing situation. All these conflicts have parallels with stresses people face in real life . . . Even the pon far. In earlier times before instant communication, a husband would leave and never be heard from again. Did he die? Is he delayed? Did he run off? What to do now?
Escriba said something in the Necessity thread that inspired this post.
The author's personal preference was "natural consequences." I went hmmm . . . . Yes, that is a satisfying choice for me. So like Escriba says, you get the ball rolling with some outrageous situation and then figure how everyone would react and how it would "naturally" play out.
So what if Trip is stuck away from T'Pol during the pon far? Could happen . . . What if Lorian wants to mindmeld and his parents forbid it? Could happen . . . What if Trip and T'Pol marry and Trip ages faster than T'Pol? I really want to know how these things turn out, not how we miraculously avoid the distressing situation. All these conflicts have parallels with stresses people face in real life . . . Even the pon far. In earlier times before instant communication, a husband would leave and never be heard from again. Did he die? Is he delayed? Did he run off? What to do now?
Escriba said something in the Necessity thread that inspired this post.