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The RAM of a collaborative group can't store a whole story very well. Even a single author has trouble keeping all of the loose ends tied together, but when you
by scythe 5y ago
The RAM of a collaborative group can't store a whole story very well. Even a single author has trouble keeping all of the loose ends tied together, but when you have to traipse over everything in a conversation at <39 bits per second, it's very hard.
There is another example of this effect: mathematical proofs typically have just a few contributors, and very often one. But mathematics has an overall consistency that allows different people's proofs to be simply glued together at the "edges", unlike literature where that doesn't work at all.
- deltaonefour 5y agoThe writing for shows is team based. Its just not this way for lit. I think it's just a cultural habitual thing. No real logic behind why. Japan still uses fax machines. No logical reasoning behind why.
- scythe 5y ago>The writing for shows is team based. Your typical TV show has more plot holes than cheesecloth, though. That doesn't seem like a fair comparison.
- deltaonefour 5y agoI think it's fair. Lit has tons of plot holes. It's just not talked about as much and less noticeable. Harry potter, for example, has tons of plot holes.