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Q&A When my story has a powerful phrase but that loses its power when I read it again in the next day, should I keep it or remove it?

I'm going to echo the leave it for now finish your story crowd. It might actually work later if you can work it into some payoff in the future. I always like to point out things like "Hot Fuzz" ...

posted 7y ago by hszmv‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:08:32Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/30747
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar hszmv‭ · 2019-12-08T07:08:32Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm going to echo the leave it for now finish your story crowd. It might actually work later if you can work it into some payoff in the future. I always like to point out things like "Hot Fuzz" which is a very boring opening with a lot of odd dialog... the payoff is in the second half where the dialog becomes funny because it provides a better joke... in some cases, the dialog is only funny on re-watch because you're aware of the way the movie is going to play out.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-10-10T14:21:36Z (about 7 years ago)
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