write a story from scratch

[cacian]

Coud one write a story If they have never read a book ?
One advantage might be an original style/plot.
One disadvantage I can't think of one.

[hillwalker]

There are more disadvantages than advantages surely.

We all write from scratch - and there are millions of plot ideas out there despite the myth that there are only a dozen or so, and every story is a variation on one.

But it you have never read a book how will you discover how to communicate a story in a meaningful way that the reader can engage with? It's like suggesting we can suddenly develop the power of speech without ever having heard anyone talk.

The ability to write a story isn't something you are born with.

H

[Game]

There are more disadvantages than advantages surely.

We all write from scratch - and there are millions of plot ideas out there despite the myth that there are only a dozen or so, and every story is a variation on one.

But it you have never read a book how will you discover how to communicate a story in a meaningful way that the reader can engage with? It's like suggesting we can suddenly develop the power of speech without ever having heard anyone talk.

The ability to write a story isn't something you are born with.

H
Wise statements.
I completely agree, you can't make a fruit salad if you've never ate an apple.

[cacian]

Wise statements.
I completely agree, you can't make a fruit salad if you've never ate an apple.

Even if you knew what an apple was?

[hillwalker]

:smilielol5:

Now we're getting very existential

H

[cacian]

There are more disadvantages than advantages surely.

We all write from scratch - and there are millions of plot ideas out there despite the myth that there are only a dozen or so, and every story is a variation on one.

But it you have never read a book how will you discover how to communicate a story in a meaningful way that the reader can engage with? It's like suggesting we can suddenly develop the power of speech without ever having heard anyone talk.

The ability to write a story isn't something you are born with.

H

I never heard of the myth that there a dozen of plots out there.
The culmination of variations can get its toll and distract from reading.
It happens to me.
The style might be different but if the idea is the same then there is that element of dejavus recurring again.
I was trying to imagine a plot written under different genres to see what the outcome might be.
If we take The Titanic, a true story, and write it out under different genres, sci-fi, modern, non-fiction to see what the outcome would be that could be one element of breaking through the dejavus.
I am not so sure whether one could not write from scratch without having read a book.
I think people throughout the ages have showns forms of expressions through drawings painting a nd writing to express themselves. An instinct to keep a diary for example to illustrate travels and experiences for example is one. It shows that men express themsleves naturally without the help of a diary book to tell them how to do it.
A letter is a form of writing we naturally write to each other without learning how to compose a letter.
A child as young as 5 can write a story without the help of manuscript or books. I have seen it done.
Mozar playing the piano as young as four.
I guess it is one of those ideas that might be worth exploring.

[cacian]

:smilielol5:

Now we're getting very existential

H

what?!!
what have I said? :skep:

[Delta40]

what?!!
what have I said? :skep:

Don't ever change Cacian :D