IMO, it's just as possible that they simply weren't interested in the story of Xander dealing with what he did. Same as they weren't interested in stories about Buffy's financial situation (and they weren't, not really), or about her relationship to her father, or about any number of other things they weren't interested in.
But isn't that a flaw in the narrative? The emphasis on the melodramatic/big events and avoidance of crucial smaller events which lead to them?
In better written tv serials, the writers do examine these things, they don't just focus on what interests them. I wonder if the difference between good and great writing is the ability to write about what doesn't necessarily "interest" you? Most of us, who write professionally have to.
I guess that is my stumbling point - not writing about it because it doesn't interest you isn't a justification so much as an excuse, and only allowable if you aren't being paid and doing it for free. ie. Fanfic or meta - yes, of course. But if someone is paying you - then you should be held to a higher standard?
I don't know. I'm asking myself this question as well. You're told to only write or do what interests you. But I've noticed often - you can't do that. And often you have to look at both. For tv - you can hire people who cover the gambit...so there's really no excuse.
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Date: 2013-06-19 05:19 pm (UTC)IMO, it's just as possible that they simply weren't interested in the story of Xander dealing with what he did. Same as they weren't interested in stories about Buffy's financial situation (and they weren't, not really), or about her relationship to her father, or about any number of other things they weren't interested in.
But isn't that a flaw in the narrative? The emphasis on the melodramatic/big events and avoidance of crucial smaller events which lead to them?
In better written tv serials, the writers do examine these things, they don't just focus on what interests them. I wonder if the difference between good and great writing is the ability to write about what doesn't necessarily "interest" you? Most of us, who write professionally have to.
I guess that is my stumbling point - not writing about it because it doesn't interest you isn't a justification so much as an excuse, and only allowable if you aren't being paid and doing it for free. ie. Fanfic or meta - yes, of course. But if someone is paying you - then you should be held to a higher standard?
I don't know. I'm asking myself this question as well. You're told to only write or do what interests you. But I've noticed often - you can't do that. And often you have to look at both. For tv - you can hire people who cover the gambit...so there's really no excuse.