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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/32115
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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/32115
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

_The Room_ is about a man whose love life runs off the rails and ends in a brutal break-up. This is a topic that a _lot_ of people are interested in. _La La Land_ is about the same theme. _Shrek_ seems like that's how it's going to end leading into the final act. I can't begin to list how many breakup songs have hit the top 10 charts.

The reason people don't like _The Room_ isn't because the premise of the story is bad. It's because the movie was poorly executed. Honestly, you can probably make a story about any premise you want to. Would you be interested in reading a book about someone learning how to work at a post office? Apparently a lot of people would, because Terry Prachet's novel _Going Postal_ is held in high regard. Would you read a book about a bunch of rich, stupid twenty-somethings going to Spain and getting drunk all the time? That's the plot to _The Sun Also Rises_, a cultural touchstone written by Ernest Hemingway. Heck, you can describe _The Room_ as being about a spoiled rich guy who has awful relationships and then dies, and that's also the synopsis of _The Great Gatsby_.

Don't worry too much about whether your premise is workable. I contend you can make a good story out of literally any premise. What determines whether people will read your story or not is how well you've executed on your idea. So practice writing a lot, make multiple editing passes on your story, join a writing group, ask friends who can give honest critiques to read your work - do whatever it takes to be certain that your writing is solid, and your story will come alive.

Original score: 20