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Q&A Story without any character development whatsoever?

I am actually adding a second answer based on something @user16583 mentioned. In some long-running comic strips, characters don't age or change. Strips like FoxTrot and Sally Forth occasionally m...

posted 10y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:45:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:45:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am actually adding a second answer based on something @user16583 mentioned.

In some long-running comic strips, characters don't age or change. Strips like _FoxTrot_ and _Sally Forth_ occasionally make sly meta-jokes referencing the idea that the kids in the strip have been 10 or 12 for decades. Beetle Bailey has been doing the same thing for 70 years.

But even _really_ long-running strips have some changes: The cast of _Peanuts_ expanded, Blondie has gotten a job, there have been new platoon members and sexual harassment training at Camp Swampy.

So while you might be able to pull this off with a series of short stories (like _Jeeves & Wooster,_ perhaps) or a graphic novel, particularly if the stories are meant to be funny, I think you'd be hard-pressed to make it work with drama.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-09-18T14:51:11Z (about 10 years ago)
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