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Q&A Is there a formula for creating stakes?

I thrive off of formulas. I don't do well with brainstorming or figuring out how things in my stories should happen, but I can make a lot of progress if there's a one-size-fits-all formula which ca...

6 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Kevin‭

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Q&A Is it uncompelling to continue the story with lower stakes?

A big piece of criticism I've seen directed at the last season of Game of Thrones was the fact that they killed the Night King before the finale, and the last episodes had Cersei, a mere morta...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by A. Kvåle‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A I'm using the same formula for stakes over and over - is this a problem?

First of all, let me explain that I am a plotter, and that I am an extreme case. This means that I develop my novels basically down to the scene before I even think of writing a first draft. This i...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I create deep personal stakes?

Note: This question deals exclusively with personal stakes (what the character could lose). It does not deal with public stakes (what the world of the novel could lose). In my mind, there are t...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How Can You Include Public Stakes in a Character Novel?

In Donald Maass's book Writing the Breakout Novel, he talks about stakes. He goes over how a breakout novel needs two kinds: personal stakes - what the hero could lose - and public stakes - what th...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Thomas Myron‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I get readers to accept more than 1 "buy" in worldbuilding?

An alternative "Occult Universe" I open my occult detective novel in what is ostensibly a "noir" style, but through worldbuilding I attempt to show that the story is set in an alternate occult uni...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by wetcircuit‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What does the death of a fictional character mean?

When should a writer kill their protagonist off? Inspired by a question about character lifetime and another about what makes the death of a character satisfying for the reader, I have begun to wo...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I raise the stakes and make a character's decision compelling?

I am currently writing a short story in which the story's climax revolves around the protagonist making and carrying out a decision to take action. I have come to realise that the decision I orig...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by manyaceist‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭