nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. Stakes are the thing in the story that makes a reader care what happens. Your fun characters and snappy dialogue and careful plotting literally do not matter if nothing much will happen if the plan doesn’t come together. And the stakes can be anything, really, as long as…
Read moreSTORY FALLACIES: PART ONE
Fallacy: Being difficult to attain makes a thing worth having. Fix: The action must prove why the unattainable thing is necessary for the protagonist’s well-being. Example: A protagonist’s goal is to be a size 0 for the reunion. The assumptions: A dress size of 0 will provoke the desired reaction from former classmates, which is…
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