Comments on: Secrets of the Silver Screen: Coincidence http://writerunboxed.com/2006/06/21/secrets-of-the-silver-screen-the-trouble-with-coincidence/ about the craft and business of fiction Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thea mcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2006/06/21/secrets-of-the-silver-screen-the-trouble-with-coincidence/#comment-765 thea mcginnis Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:02:00 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/06/21/secrets-of-the-silver-screen-the-trouble-with-coincidence/#comment-765 i do use a bit of coincidence in my wip for setting up external conflict/plotting, but maybe the difference is when the coincidence is used as the climax for the story, like 'birth'. i agree - a horrible, wierd story - plus the child was so repellant i was unable to elicit any sympathy for him. then to find out he was making it all up - ugh. a good 'heads up, writers!' essay. i do use a bit of coincidence in my wip for setting up external conflict/plotting, but maybe the difference is when the coincidence is used as the climax for the story, like ‘birth’. i agree – a horrible, wierd story – plus the child was so repellant i was unable to elicit any sympathy for him. then to find out he was making it all up – ugh. a good ‘heads up, writers!’ essay.

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