On Predictability…

from The Every Day Novelist · host J. Daniel Sawyer

Today we explore the different things it might mean when someone complains your story is “predictable,” or when you default to that description with a story you’re trying to enjoy. Resources mentioned:LOST“…All You Zombies…” by Robert A. HeinleinPredestination (film staring Ethan Hawke)LooperWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSoulless by Gail CarrigerThe Force … The post On Predictability… appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

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Today we explore the different things it might mean when someone complains your story is “predictable,” or when you default to that description with a story you’re trying to enjoy. Resources mentioned: LOST “…All You Zombies…” by Robert A. Heinlein Predestination (film staring Ethan Hawke) Looper Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Soulless by Gail Carriger The Force Awakens The Last Jedi Pulp Fiction The Usual Suspects The Sixth Sense The Village Battlestar Galactica (reboot series) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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