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| Sep 25, 2017 at 17:10 | comment | added | Chris Sunami | @MarkBaker Good point. I have edited to address. | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 17:09 | history | edited | Chris Sunami | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2017 at 17:02 | comment | added | user16226 | I have to disagree on "they must be utterly surprised by the way they get it". I think this seriously undervalues the role of story in our lives. We want stories to end the way they are supposed to end: not in surprising ways but in satisfying ways. Stories give meaning to live. They make life make sense and feel purposeful and shaped rather than random. Surprise is randomness; stories exist to refute the randomness of existence. It is the reality of the story and the meaning asserted by the story arc that satisfies the reader and keeps them reading and makes the hoped-for ending satisfying. | |
| Sep 25, 2017 at 16:43 | history | edited | Chris Sunami | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2017 at 16:36 | history | answered | Chris Sunami | CC BY-SA 3.0 |