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It's commonly said, mainly here on Writing SE and mainly by Mark Baker's answers, that "a story is a promise". The beginning of the story sets the promise and the ending fulfills it. A story that d...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T07:56:45Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Yuuza
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2019-12-08T07:56:45Z (about 5 years ago)
It's commonly said, mainly here on Writing SE and mainly by Mark Baker's answers, that "a story is a promise". The beginning of the story sets the promise and the ending fulfills it. A story that doesn't fulfills its promise is unsatisfying. I understand this when I _intentionally_ make a "promise" in the beginning. However, how can I know whether I made an _unintentional_ promise, i.e. a promise that I made without even noticing it?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-02-13T20:03:07Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 33