A good example is the beginning of the Book of the Bible. In the beginning there lived Adam and Eve in paradise called the Garden of Eden. All their needs were satisfied, they hungered not since their food could be picked from the trees. They aged not and felt no pain. It was paradise.
The rest of the book is just filler, filler, filler just to stretch out the word count!
It’s the form my favorite high school English teacher taught us. In musical terms, exposition, development, and recapitulation. He called it “The Army Way.” The euphemistic way is “sonata allegro.”
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 10 months ago
“They died”.
Fin.
danketaz Premium Member 10 months ago
Sounds like circular reasoning to me.
dcdete. 10 months ago
A good example is the beginning of the Book of the Bible. In the beginning there lived Adam and Eve in paradise called the Garden of Eden. All their needs were satisfied, they hungered not since their food could be picked from the trees. They aged not and felt no pain. It was paradise.
The rest of the book is just filler, filler, filler just to stretch out the word count!
WaitingMan 10 months ago
People who write long books have little to say. People who write short books, even less.
VICTOR PROULX 10 months ago
Too many words for a comic.
Decepticomic 10 months ago
Well, Nancy has entered a filler arc. See you all next season.
Rolf Rykken Premium Member 10 months ago
And Sluggo hasn’t reacted. : )
joegeethree 10 months ago
So not true of most books.
willie_mctell 10 months ago
It’s the form my favorite high school English teacher taught us. In musical terms, exposition, development, and recapitulation. He called it “The Army Way.” The euphemistic way is “sonata allegro.”
MikeM_inMD 10 months ago
Sounds like too many of my college term papers, back in the day.