The framed tale is, in my opinion, one of the most natural ways to tell a story. If you think of it, the conceit of the frame-less story is actually the odd way of doing things. Without the frame, how do you know the context for a story?
Patrick RothfussAuri took it, and peered inside the small leather sack. โWhy this is lovely, Kvothe. What lives in the salt?โ Trace minerals, I thought. Chromium, bassal, malium, iodine . . . everything your body needs but probably canโt get from apples and bread and whatever you manage to scrounge up when I canโt find you. โThe dreams of fish,โ I said. โAnd sailorโs songs.
Patrick RothfussI think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy. Don't get me wrong, Tolkien was a great worldbuilder, but he got a little caught up describing his world at times, at the expense of the overall story.
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