This document describes how to apply Surrealism within Marloth narratives.
For the Marloth recipe, surrealism is essential but not fundamental.
Surrealism is a surface layer.
I have often tried to create a surreal foundation and that has never worked.
Part of the problem is surrealism is like humor—it works best when it is surprising and not rote.
Just as humor templates become redundant, surreal templates lose wonder.
Surrealism works best as ad-hoc solutions.
However, there is a needed balance.
While rote comedy is boring, skilled comedians still rely on honed systems.
There are two ditches to avoid. Creativity should neither regurgitate nor continually reinvent everything from scratch.
Experience has taught me to avoid hacks, yet hacking is a part of my nature.
I’m a partial hacker.
I’m discontent with pure hacks, but it is possible for a solution to be a partial, robust hack, and I appreciate those solutions.
Surrealism works best as a hack.
Applied surrealism is a creative solution which allows an author to have his cake and eat it too.