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Neil Gaiman: Shouldn't Good Writing Tell A Story Too?

First Posted: 06/23/10 11:30 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:50 PM ET

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Neil Gaiman's zealous introduction to the new collection of short stories -- aptly titled Stories -- he has co-edited with the anthologist Al Sarrantonio brought me up short. "What we missed, what we wanted to read, were stories that made us care, stories that forced us to turn the page," he said, "Yes, we wanted good writing (why be satisfied with less?). But we wanted more than that."

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Neil Gaiman's zealous introduction to the new collection of short stories -- aptly titled Stories -- he has co-edited with the anthologist Al Sarrantonio brought me up short. "What we missed, what we ...
Neil Gaiman's zealous introduction to the new collection of short stories -- aptly titled Stories -- he has co-edited with the anthologist Al Sarrantonio brought me up short. "What we missed, what we ...
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06:17 AM on 06/24/2010
Bad writing can always be revised and edited to look better... you can't fix bad storytelling.
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TheBaffler
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02:46 AM on 06/24/2010
Plot is overrated, as is Gaiman.
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dsdem
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03:16 PM on 06/23/2010
I'm going to have to jump on the Gaiman bandwagon I guess, cause it seems like HP and half the world are totally obsessed with this guy and whatever comes out of his brain via that mouth or pen of his.
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