On Additive Abstraction in Narrative

Bordwell

Because the narrative progression relaxes, we can weave our own connotations out of what we see and hear.

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1. I’m not sure if this is additive abstraction but here’s the idea. You start out with a given situation, let’s say a story about a bike messenger who has a brother in a wheelchair. If there is an element of the story that involves his bike getting stolen it is important to NOT HINT at it. In other words, one should find a way to set up logical events without calling attention to them (or by using distractions). Another thought regarding this might be…to not have levels of hierarchy for events in a story. All events should be treated equally with the same degree of importance (which is the same thing as without any importance).

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