Re: micro-level decisions

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 13:12:23 -0600, "Suzanne A Blom" <sueblom@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>David Friedman <ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> One potential advantage of a happy marriage, or other similar
>> situations, from the standpoint of the writer using it in his plot, is
>> that the participants have so much to lose.

It worked for Tarzan. :)


>Or a writer can use the marriage as the firm rock under/around/within the
>story.

I see this a lot in detective series. There's the cosy stable
Holmes/Watson, Pam/Jerry to identify with, while wild things happen to the
clients and suspects (who don't have to be protagonists, either).
Wolfe/Archie/Fritz kept using what I thought rather artificial conflict
amongst themselves, but the gourmet orchid brownstone menage still worked
that way.


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