Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26099499-20150226151824/@comment-226878-20150320061039

Have you ever heard people say that a dream sequence is like a giant f- you to the audience? Especially when it has anything to do with resolving character or plot issues. It's an especially dick move to use a dream sequence as the end of your season arc, unless the character is shown falling asleep or waking up within the same scene.

If you ended your stories with an ambiguous dream sequence, I'd boycott you too. It's hard to find the right way to push boundaries within any given medium, but as a writer myself, I find this situation offensive. There are just some things you do not do as an artist relating a story. The number one rule is that you do not fuck with your audience. You can fuck with the characters, but not your audience.

Of course, I have yet to complete any story beyond a hundred pages so what the fuck do I know?