If the "literarian" format doesn't work as well as the Stephen King format when you're telling your story, then it's simply not the most effective way of telling it. Maybe it's just poor translation, but I have a hunch that what you're calling literarian format is actually just a form of simplification.
What I mean by literarian is the "Fine art" concept, the academic part, the "high culture" epithet that people seem to put on dead writers that are still aclaimed. I make a diference between that and the "popular" literature that Meyers seem to be (I'm not meaning popular is less than the "academic").
The same could be said about music, people seem to think Bach, Mozart and Beethoven is better than Michael Jackson, Rihana or Maddona.
I agree with the academic being a niche, but I wonder why some seem to think something that it's renowed on the academic side can't be widly popular, I remember 100 years of solitude being popular.
About the poor translation, I say sorry, but I write english using the "Spanish" languaje structure, so maybe seems illogical or odd in some stuff for english readers. That's because I don't have any english native friends to help me.
I only ask you what should I fix first that is awkward.
EDIT: About the money, It's important to know about the market if you're interested in making a living with your writings, you must know how to make a book that will sell if you're interested in wining money with your books, but that doesn't mean to give up and write just for the sake to make money.
Second EDIT: I feel when I re-read my writings that I'm a little overconfident, but I think I should give my arguments, just to seek other people counter-arguments, and start a real and interesting debate so maybe I and others can learn something new or from other point of view. I know I'm not a know-all but I'll recognize I was wrong when someone proves it (with real arguments).
About leveling up, I feel when writing that I can do it better next time, It's like a musician performance, they know they need to practice and study to become better over time.
The problem is that I don't find a good motivation, TV movies nor manga doesn't help neither.
you're right about publication is for the trash, kafka never wanted to publish during his life, but when I look older writings of myself I don't want to show them because I know over time their flaws.
I found Twilight much more enjoyable when I started imagining that Bella was a sandwich.
Lol at your really tiny comment.
Does anyone here think that studying riddles could also help in writing interesting stories unique to games?
No, but they work very well to make the puzzles of the game, I used to love Resident Evil puzzles of psone.
i don't think there is such a thing as a story unique to games -- if a story can be told as a game, it can also be told as something else. it won't be the exact same story but it'll be similar; sort of how harry potter as a movie series is different than harry potter as a novel series; but both are harry potter, they're telling the harry potter story, just in different ways
I agree, games can told any story, but games stories are a completely diferent breed and games are a diferent medium that books or cinema.
In movies it helps that both are linear, but games doesn't are that way.
The story it's the same (It remains the same), but It's the WAY to tell it that changes.
Imagine a movie that is only a guy walking on the street, only the chasing or only about guys shooting or holding their weapons, you know it will suck as a movie, a game like that will be great.
A book about our inner thoughs and feelings could work, but being a movie will have to change some things.
It's the medium unique characteristics, not the story that creates the problem when translating from one medium to another.
A song made for a pop band will be diferent than if the same song would be arranged to a salsa band or a academic symphonic.
The song nor the compositor should be diferent, but he should be aware of the diferences.
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