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Few realistic choices are that hard in themselves. What makes them hard is history. Does Spiderman save Mary Jane or a bus load of schoolkids? Easy, save the school kids. The needs of the many,...
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2020-01-03T20:41:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T06:02:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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2019-12-08T06:02:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
Few realistic choices are that hard in themselves. What makes them hard is history. Does Spiderman save Mary Jane or a bus load of schoolkids? Easy, save the school kids. The needs of the many, etc. But wait, Spiderman is in love with MJ. Yeah, but still, 30 kids on that bus... But wait, Peter Parker has been in love with MJ for years. He has pined for her as she has dated bullies with fast cars. Finally after years of pain and waiting he has won her over. And now the decision is much harder to make, is felt much more deeply, both by that character and by the reader. All effects in fiction are created by the right setup, not by how you tell it in the moment, but by everything that has gone before that brings the protagonist to this moment of truth. Reflect on just how long the movie spent on setting up Peter loves MJ before putting him on that bridge with the bus in one hand and MJ in the other. It is all about setting up just how gut wrenching that moment is going to be for him.
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2017-02-02T13:16:01Z (almost 8 years ago)
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