Following on from the slightly controversial (which turned out not to be at all controversial) Likeable Characters, is the second Unbreakable, Suspension of Disbelief. I wonder if I can turn this one on its head too 😀
There is, on the surface, nothing remotely controversial about suspension of disbelief. Everyone I’ve ever met accepts it without question and everyone I’ve never met seems in agreement. Which would quite naturally raise the question, does it even merit a post? It even more naturally raises the question because most people assume its something the reader does, not the writer. The reader or film goer, or theatre luvvie chooses to suspend their disbelief going in, thus unburdening the writer of any need to consider it when writing.
A boy kidnapped by aliens grows up to lead a rag tag bunch of mercenaries including a racoon, a green skinned assassin and a talking tree? I am soooo looking…
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