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Simon de la Rouviere
@simondlr
Been fascinated by the 'subtle foreshadowing' TikToks and wondered how to use future forwards in storytelling. Enjoy this week's newsletter! https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/the-recipe-of-subtle-foreshadowing
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Mark42
@markmcclure.eth
The burning-head-dancing-man told a great story and so kept my attention on his water act I missed the inbound object that ended the clip. Wonderful. This quote from your post is spot on: "Interestingly, I’d add that genres are compressed foreshadowing in the same way that food cultures eventually develop expectations of common ingredients and preparation." Many readers (but not all, that would lead to sterile work) look (no, yearn) for certain elements in popular fiction genres e.g. Happy Ever After in Romance, the thrill of the hunt in murder mysteries etc. Of course, there are crossover and blended genres but I suspect that "breaking out" to a mass audience is much harder unless you are already well known for a "trad" genre set of work. By the way, I'm not talking about "literary fiction" here which has its own mad world of expectations... haha.
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