Re: [B7L] What makes a good story?

Annie said:

This is one reason I attempted to point out that "h/c" is indeed a misnomer and can encompass a huge range of stories. What's important is the "angst" level. [...] Without some degree of emotional involvement with characters, I'm not interested in a tv show, a movie or a book.

Personally, though, I really don't want anything bad to happen to characters I'm emotionally invested in (which is one reason why I don't like h/c--there are individual stories that I like EVEN THOUGH they're high on the angst-ometer, not because of it). I know it's unrealistic, given what we know are the canonical fates of the characters, but I still try to make something nice happen to them (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum?)

-(Y)