What makes a story good?
Before that… What makes a story?
A good plot and good characters? A rich storyline, great character development, or is it the side character, their interactions with the ones in the spotlight, and the way the story is written?
Is it the descriptions and attention to even the smallest, most insignificant thing that attracts one's attention? Or is it narration of certain scenes, the way they are depicted, and the way they feel to the audience?
Setting aside the man-made notion of 'good' and 'bad' the existence of details, the attention to various aspects of a certain thing, the way things are made and the way things are portrayed… at the end of the day, isn't the simple existence of a certain thing, in itself, a piece of beauty?
"So now what?"
"I don't know, really."
"Are we the strongest yet?"
"Ummm. Nah, I don't think so."
Stories exist. In this world, all kinds of stories exist.
