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Q&A Basic fails to look out for when writing the drama: What can we learn from soap operas

So, we established that we can lose many more valuable things other than our life, and to make stakes out of them effectively, we have to make it nothing personal. One thing we haven't discussed i...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Mephistopheles‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:51:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/36226
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Mephistopheles‭ · 2019-12-08T08:51:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
So, we established that we can lose many more valuable things other than our life, and to make stakes out of them effectively, we have to make it nothing personal.

One thing we haven't discussed is the modes of failure in the drama part (how the conflict unfolds and gets resolved), failures that by their nature are abundant in soap operas.

Soap operas are generally quantity over quality, with the Hungarian "Barátok közt" being a prime example with over 8840, 9-15 minutes long, episodes. Despite being the most popular show on air (at least here), it fails in every possible level of writing, a staple of the genre. Also, due to the fact that these can have new episodes daily, the scriptwriters are forced to hastily put the story together, diluting it with pulp and stupid.

This **pulp** and **stupid** I'm interested in. **What they are and how can I avoid them?**

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-05-17T18:59:06Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 1