Chapter
Criticism of Narrative Techniques in a Novel
1:00:05 - 1:05:56 (05:50)
The speaker is criticizing the author's use of television news coverage as a means of informing one character about another character's experiences in another location, and the excessive exposition of things that just happened that the readers do not see on screen.
Clips
The podcast discusses how the writing style in Detroit: Become Human relies on characters learning about events happening elsewhere through watching TV and news coverage, rather than showing these events happening in the narrative, and how this falls short of good writing.
1:00:05 - 1:04:51 (04:45)
Detroit: Become Human
Summary
The podcast discusses how the writing style in Detroit: Become Human relies on characters learning about events happening elsewhere through watching TV and news coverage, rather than showing these events happening in the narrative, and how this falls short of good writing.
ChapterCriticism of Narrative Techniques in a Novel
EpisodeBen Shapiro's Unreadable Book is Still the Best Thing About 2020
PodcastBehind the Bastards
In this snippet, the speakers discuss how a lack of agency in storytelling can weaken a plot and disengage readers, as shown by the example of Soledad in a book they refer to.
1:04:51 - 1:05:56 (01:04)
Storytelling
Summary
In this snippet, the speakers discuss how a lack of agency in storytelling can weaken a plot and disengage readers, as shown by the example of Soledad in a book they refer to.