There& #39;s this widespread belief that stories need conflict and it& #39;s horseshit. Sometimes you just want to be around interesting characters or ideas. Like, *especially* if you& #39;re making escapist fiction, you think people don& #39;t occasionally want to escape from the idea of struggle? https://twitter.com/pant_leg/status/1200200097461604353">https://twitter.com/pant_leg/...

When you learn music theory you get rules like "no parallel motion in fifths" and "V resolves to I" and eventually you learn these aren& #39;t bright lines you mustn& #39;t cross, they& #39;re guides we& #39;ve observed to have worked in the past. Storytelling classes skip that last part I guess?

Right, yes, it& #39;s an extremely Western, capitalist mode of storytelling. https://twitter.com/nightofthecrabs/status/1200551123037364224?s=20">https://twitter.com/nightofth...