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Realism And Twenty-first Century Storytelling—A Reprise
I think there’s something else not particularly real in twenty-first century stories, no matter how real the computer generated characters might appear. We could chalk this up to “that’s just movies” if it weren’t for the fact that screen writing is beginning to dominate the way we write novels, too.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
We Might Have Guessed
Many people have been wildly successful in art while showing a flagrant disregard for realism.
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Shannon McDermott
A Human Constant
One unrealistic element of modern fiction is the scarcity of prayer.
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Shannon McDermott
Realism and The Christian Artist
What makes the work Christian is not the bad that happens, but the good that comes out of it.
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C. E. Laureano
Unrealism In Art
Today I am going to share a list of unrealistic things in fiction. And by
unrealistic
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Shannon McDermott
The Biases Of Art
Art has one very clear bias, and that is a bias against untheatrical things.
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Shannon McDermott
If It’s Fiction . . .
Truth in stories is a tricky thing. On the story-telling level, often referred to as realism, readers need to believe in what’s taking place.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Great Art And Story
We must grapple with the demands of our culture when it comes to realism in Story and the greater demands of Scripture to obey God in all we do and say.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Realism And Twenty-first Century Stories
If all characters are victims of disaster, I suggest readers or viewers stop caring and start looking for the “out.” Will the character die and come back? Have a narrow escape? Have a death that only looks like death? In truth, all the arguing and betrayal and refusal becomes–predictable and boring and unrealistic. Soon the characters seem more like caricatures because none acts with nobility or courage or hope. All display their flawed selves with so little inner struggle. And this, we’ve come to believe, is realistic.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
The Elephant In The Room
“I have an elephant.” “You’re kidding.” “No, he’s a real, live, honest-to-goodness elephant. Big ears, prehensile trunk, skinny tail, everything. He’s two tons of fun!”
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Fred Warren