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That occurred to me too.

Definitely not. BC is too much of a Methodist to indulge in such whimsy.

Yes, the sweat of my mind.

Yes, and I think the reason it seems too factual is that nothing story-like happens, or it has no shape, or there is not much of an ending, or however...

I thought I could identify @"Noble Dust"’s writing but I’m having trouble this time. There aren’t any stories about stressed out people in railway sta...

They’re very cool but the plan is to commission some artwork from @"praxis" when we start selling mugs and underpants.

You can block posts by certain members using SophistiCat’s browser extension: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/5738/ignore-list-browser-exten...

I disagree. “Show don’t tell” is an American thing, useful for screenwriting and some styles of fiction. Many of the greatest writers have been teller...

Ok nosey parker, if you must know I voted “I liked it”.

Yep, I think the woman is the focal point and it's for us to wonder if she's anguished about his condition or just fed up with him, or both.

I took the narrator to be a friend of theirs.

:yum:

Fishing for compliments eh :roll:

I suppose the ideal comment ought to do both. Not that I manage to do that myself.

The choice of words is important, and not easy to ignore especially in the micro format. Pointing out that there are too many "usual"s is constructive...

It might, but I usually manage to make it till dinner time before I begin to contemplate my mortality, so I’ll skip this difficult topic for now.

At first I didn’t like this, but then I did. I wouldn’t expect to say this about a story, but the ending redeems the apparently dull lead-up, making i...

Nicely put. However, I do agree with @"T Clark". I’d prefer to see fewer pig pics.

Yes, I don't disagree.

There’s a rumour to be found on the internet claiming that Lenin was a Mason, accompanied by a photo of him dressed as a Grand Master. It doesn’t real...

It might be fictional as far as we know. At least, I don’t think the events of the story happened on this forum.

@"Amity" Look what you've done.

Si, carne misteriosa.

Cool story. I’ve actually heard stories about people collapsing in their pig pen and being eaten. When I was in Andalusia it was always Iberico pork s...

I consumed too many of those guys when I was in Andalusia.

Yes, it also reminded me of me.

We should probably focus on the story here though.

I'm having trouble understanding this. EDIT: I get it now :up:

Well, that not every story is a parable is not merely a view, but a fact. The set of meaningful stories is a superset (or overlapping set) of the set ...

:smirk:

It's nonsense, in the literary sense, and possibly also nonsense in the ordinary sense. Tithers?

Thanks, that's all I was looking for: quick acquiescence. :wink:

One can think, "imagine if a hairpin had a point of view". If this is metaphorical, in a loose sense, then no problem, but it need not be strongly met...

Well, now you're taking me too literally :wink: There is space between an object in a story standing for something else (like a concept, emotion, feat...

Cool. By the way I’m not attacking anyone here and I enjoy seeing the full range of interpretations. It’s just a hobbyhorse bugbear of mine that I’m t...

We were discussing interpretation a while back and I was criticising the knee-jerk attempt to discover hidden meanings and messages in works of art, a...

I’m not being contrary for the sake of it but saying what I really believe, believe it or not. It’s a big subject and it might be better to save it fo...

In a nutshell, not every story has to be a parable.

Yep :smile:

Why would it be a metaphor? Why should what is described always represent something else? The challenge of fiction is not primarily to, with deliberat...

Okay: I agree with Vera and disagree with Benj96. Rather than a metaphor, I see it as offering a unique perspective, or series of perspectives, on a l...

:zip:

Thank you. As it happens I have a rewrite in mind for one of them, though it’s probably jumping the shark.

“The Ineffable” is a pretty good title, but I’m not sure about “Galen Strawson’s Basic Argument”.

I’ve enjoyed this more than I expected. I’d seen it said many times that micro or flash fiction imposes a discipline on a writer that is useful in dev...

Well, I started out defending the story against ND’s criticism, because I thought the writing was very good. I liked the story and also liked it. I ha...

At least you have strands.

No, I think one metaphor works and the other doesn't.

In any case, "They flow like water" doesn't work, because strands don't flow--hair does. Although mine doesn't.

Now I'm befuddled.