gellyfregy (imported) wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 10:34 am Besides stories that peter out before resolving things, there are also stories that never seem to end, with new instalments coming every few days. I suppose the Thousand and One Nights is a good model for them, with yesterday's story resolving into a new cliffhanger today to be resolved tomorrow.
I do think stories that introduce interesting characters and dramatic situations, but that peter out before the dramatic arc is resolved, are more frustrating. But perhaps it is better to be left wanting more than never meeting the characters or their adventures at all.
For me, I'd rather wait until I see how the story is going to go, and read several chapters at once, rather than being frustrated waiting for the next episode... But that's just me. Authors need to do what authors need to do, and they are artists, so one can't always predict how things will go with them. We appreciate them all.
In my childhood I was impressed by "the Thousand and One Nights". I with interest read cautionary stories about never-ending adventures and also how some people became eunuchs and about their life.
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