Part of the problem is the fact that writing in general follows certain patterns and people want to see those same patterns repeated over and over again, like f

Part of the problem is the fact that writing in general follows certain patterns and people want to see those same patterns repeated over and over again, like for instance the hero's myth or man in a hole. People don't want to see reality, because reality can be banal, depressing, ambiguous, complicated, or incomprehensible, they want to see certain myths repeated over and over again. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180525-every-story-in-the-world-has-one-of-these-six-basic-plots http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180525-every-story-in-the...