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While a story does not need to be consistent with reality, it should have the same consistency with itself as reality has. "Inner consistency" simply refers to being consistent within itself. "Of r...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T04:40:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Ville Niemi
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2019-12-08T04:40:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
While a story does not need to be consistent with reality, it should have the same consistency with itself as reality has. "Inner consistency" simply refers to being consistent **within** itself. "Of reality" means of same quality as the self-consistency of everyday reality we know. In practice this more or less means what Lauren Ipsum said. Everything happens for a reason, everything has consequences. And the rules of causality linking the reasons and consequences stay the same unless something specifically changes them.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-09-29T22:50:33Z (about 9 years ago)
Original score: 1