Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25458443-20181105182854/@comment-25458443-20181112124458

Why would dialogue make this better? Maybe if this was a traditional story with a beginning and end and a character arch to wrap things up nicely, but it isn't, and it isn't trying to be. Again, I'd prefer not to go into explaining my motivations or intentions because I don't think that's my place as the author. I am comfortable with saying that figuring out what the point is is part of the intended experience, which is why it would be counter-productive to explain the point to you. Addressing that, I expect a little more faith, honestly.

You say 'no actual effort is put into it beyond this' which I find really upsetting. How can you possibly know this? You read a story without obvious characters, narrative, or even a cohesive framing device, and your immediate response is "Well he didn't even try to put any of that stuff in!"

You're right, I didn't. It wasn't by accident or lack of effort that I didn't include any traditional storytelling techniques because what I was writing wasn't a story. I'd rather not go into it any further than that.